Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity: The Role of Market Imperfections

Amparo Palacios-Lopez and Ramon Lopez

No 164061, Working Papers from University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Abstract: This paper shows the implications of credit and labor market imperfections on gender differences in agricultural labor productivity, especially highlighting how both imperfections negatively affect female productivity by discouraging off-farm income generating activities and restricting access to inputs. The paper theoretically models the relationship between gender differences in agricultural labor productivity and market imperfections and it provides empirical evidence consistent with our theoretical model by decomposing the contribution of different factors to such gender differences. We find that agricultural labor productivity is on average 44 percent lower on plots belonging to female-headed households than on those belonging to male-headed households.

Keywords: International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 76
Date: 2014-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.164061

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