The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania
Agricultural production in Africa is generally highly labor intensive with gender‐specific specialization across activities. Using panel data from Tanzania, we examine the effects of heat stress (temperature above 29°C) during the maize‐growing season on gender‐disaggregated agricultural labor use....
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2021
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| author | Lee, Yeyoung Haile, Beliyou Seymour, Greg Azzarri, Carlo |
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| description | Agricultural production in Africa is generally highly labor intensive with gender‐specific specialization across activities. Using panel data from Tanzania, we examine the effects of heat stress (temperature above 29°C) during the maize‐growing season on gender‐disaggregated agricultural labor use. Results show that heat stress reduces total male family labor but does not statistically affect female family labor. Households with only female adults seem to increase their labor supply under heat stress. Given these heterogeneous effects, gender‐sensitive development interventions and adaptation strategies are suggested to enhance women's adaptive capacity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423532025-12-08T10:29:22Z The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania Lee, Yeyoung Haile, Beliyou Seymour, Greg Azzarri, Carlo heat gender data agricultural production shock climate maize labour agriculture heat stress agricultural labour climate change women female labour Agricultural production in Africa is generally highly labor intensive with gender‐specific specialization across activities. Using panel data from Tanzania, we examine the effects of heat stress (temperature above 29°C) during the maize‐growing season on gender‐disaggregated agricultural labor use. Results show that heat stress reduces total male family labor but does not statistically affect female family labor. Households with only female adults seem to increase their labor supply under heat stress. Given these heterogeneous effects, gender‐sensitive development interventions and adaptation strategies are suggested to enhance women's adaptive capacity. 2021-06-01 2024-05-22T12:10:21Z 2024-05-22T12:10:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142353 en Open Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Lee, Yeyoung; Haile, Beliyou; Seymour, Gregory; and Azzarri, Carlo. 2021. The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania. Applied Economic Perspectives and 43(2): 732-749. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13153 |
| spellingShingle | heat gender data agricultural production shock climate maize labour agriculture heat stress agricultural labour climate change women female labour Lee, Yeyoung Haile, Beliyou Seymour, Greg Azzarri, Carlo The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania |
| title | The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania |
| title_full | The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania |
| title_short | The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender‐specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania |
| title_sort | heat never bothered me anyway gender specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in tanzania |
| topic | heat gender data agricultural production shock climate maize labour agriculture heat stress agricultural labour climate change women female labour |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142353 |
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