Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal
We examine productive inefficiencies in dairy farming in pastoralist house-holds in Northern Senegal, and using laboratory games, measure the relation-ship between spousal cooperation and productive inefficiency directly. In house-holds that behave less cooperatively in the games, cows owned by men...
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| author | Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha |
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| description | We examine productive inefficiencies in dairy farming in pastoralist house-holds in Northern Senegal, and using laboratory games, measure the relation-ship between spousal cooperation and productive inefficiency directly. In house-holds that behave less cooperatively in the games, cows owned by men produce10.6% more milk per day than cows owned by women, a gap that remainslarge and statistically significant after controlling for household, owner, andcow characteristics. Our results suggest that frictions between spouses mayindeed explain gender gaps in productivity, and support the use of lab-basedmeasures of household cooperation to complement survey data in explainingcollective behaviors. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1481592025-11-06T05:16:21Z Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha efficiency dairying cooperation We examine productive inefficiencies in dairy farming in pastoralist house-holds in Northern Senegal, and using laboratory games, measure the relation-ship between spousal cooperation and productive inefficiency directly. In house-holds that behave less cooperatively in the games, cows owned by men produce10.6% more milk per day than cows owned by women, a gap that remainslarge and statistically significant after controlling for household, owner, andcow characteristics. Our results suggest that frictions between spouses mayindeed explain gender gaps in productivity, and support the use of lab-basedmeasures of household cooperation to complement survey data in explainingcollective behaviors. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:57Z 2024-06-21T09:23:57Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148159 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148066 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172198 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hoel, Jessica B.; Hidrobo, Melissa; Bernard, Tanguy; and Ashour, Maha. 2017. Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1698. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148159 |
| spellingShingle | efficiency dairying cooperation Hoel, Jessica B. Hidrobo, Melissa Bernard, Tanguy Ashour, Maha Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal |
| title | Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal |
| title_full | Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal |
| title_fullStr | Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal |
| title_short | Productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses: Evidence from Senegal |
| title_sort | productive inefficiency in dairy farming and cooperation between spouses evidence from senegal |
| topic | efficiency dairying cooperation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148159 |
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