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E-mail:	cheryl.doss@tufts.edu
Homepage:	https://sites.google.com/site/cherylrdoss/
Postal address:	Department of Economics, Tufts University 177 College Ave Medford, MA 02155
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Tufts University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Gendered Patterns of Labor in Agriculture
   IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
2. Measuring women's empowerment in national surveys: Development of the Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS)
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
3. THE GENDER DIVISION OF WORK ACROSS COUNTRIES
   Working Papers, HAL
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024) View citations (3)

2023

4. Associations between women’s empowerment and maternal depressive symptoms: A cross-sectional analysis from Balaka and Ntcheu districts in Malawi
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2022

5. Can agricultural development projects empower women? A synthesis of mixed methods evaluations using pro-WEAI in the gender, agriculture, and assets project (phase 2) portfolio
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

6. Exploring women’s empowerment using a mixed methods approach
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
7. Rural Outmigration and the Gendered Patterns of Agricultural Labor in Nepal
   2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
   Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020) View citations (3)
8. Sharing Responsibility through Joint Decision Making and Implications for Intimate-Partner Violence: Evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Sharing responsibility through joint decision-making and implications for intimate-partner violence: evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries, Review of Economics of the Household, Springer (2024) View citations (1) (2024)
9. The impacts of rural outmigration on women’s empowerment: Evidence from Nepal, Senegal, and Tajikistan
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
10. This land is her land: A comparative analysis of gender, institutions, and landownership
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
11. Who claims the rights to livestock? Exploring gender patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
12. Women’s tenure security on collective lands: A conceptual framework
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2020

13. Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making, World Development, Elsevier (2020) View citations (20) (2020)
14. Gender and rural transformation
    Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
15. Methods for measuring women's empowerment
    Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
16. Spousal concordance in joint and separate households: Survey evidence from Nepal
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Spousal concordance in joint and separate households: Survey evidence from Nepal, World Development, Elsevier (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
17. The potential intersections of Covid-19, gender and food security in Africa
    2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2019

18. IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 44 Gender, rural youth and structural transformation: evidence to inform innovative youth programming
    IFAD Research Series, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

2018

19. Ask me why: Using vignettes to understand patterns of intrahousehold decision making in rural Senegal
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, HAL (2018) View citations (4)
20. Gender, household behavior, and rural development
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Gender, household behavior, and rural development, IFPRI book chapters, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2021) (2021)

2017

21. He says, she says: Exploring patterns of spousal agreement in Bangladesh
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (12)
22. Measuring ownership, control, and use of assets
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Measuring Ownership, Control, and Use of Assets, Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (17) (2020)
23. Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)

2015

24. Examining Gender Inequalities in Land Rights Indicators in Asia
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (33)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia, Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists (2015) View citations (33) (2015)
25. Gender, Headship, and the Life Cycle: Landownership in Four Asian Countries
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (1)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2015) View citations (1)
26. Women and Agricultural Productivity: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University View citations (13)
    Also in Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center (2015) View citations (13)

2014

27. Women’s individual and joint property ownership: Effects on household decisionmaking
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (13)

2013

28. Data needs for gender analysis in agriculture
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)
29. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (40)
30. Intrahousehold bargaining and resource allocation in developing countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (242)

2011

31. Gender and asset ownership: a guide to collecting individual-level data
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (22)
32. If women hold up half the sky, how much of the world's food do they produce?
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (22)
33. Who owns the land?: Perspectives from rural Ugandans and implications for land acquisitions
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (14)

2006

34. Gender and the Distribution of Wealth in Developing Countries
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (19)
35. Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa
    Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2006) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa, World Development, Elsevier (2008) View citations (39) (2008)
36. Milk Money and Intra-Household Bargaining: Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya
    2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2005

37. Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya
    Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2005) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2006) View citations (45) (2006)
38. Perceptions of Risk within Pastoralist Households in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (2)

2003

39. ADOPTION OF MAIZE AND WHEAT TECHNOLOGIES IN EASTERN AFRICA: A SYNTHESIS OF THE FINDINGS OF 22 CASE STUDIES
    Economics Working Papers, CIMMYT: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center View citations (40)
40. EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN A SPATIALLY VARIED ECONOMY
    Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (1)
41. UNDERSTANDING FARM-LEVEL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM CIMMYT'S MICRO SURVEYS IN EASTERN AFRICA
    Economics Working Papers, CIMMYT: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center View citations (34)

2002

42. ARE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION DECISIONS COOPERATIVE? EVIDENCE ON MIGRATION AND MILK SALES FROM NORTHERN KENYA
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

2001

43. MEN'S CROPS? WOMEN'S CROPS? GENDER PATTERNS OF CROPPING IN GHANA
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Men's Crops? Women's Crops? The Gender Patterns of Cropping in Ghana, World Development, Elsevier (2002) View citations (39) (2002)

1999

44. HOW DOES GENDER AFFECT THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS? THE CASE OF IMPROVED MAIZE TECHNOLOGY IN GHANA
    1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article How does gender affect the adoption of agricultural innovations?: The case of improved maize technology in Ghana, Agricultural Economics, Blackwell (2001) View citations (170) (2001)
45. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN FARMERS IN AFRICA: LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; WITH AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Economics Program Papers, CIMMYT: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center View citations (34)

1997

46. Intra-household Resource Allocation in Ghana: The Impact of the Distribution of Asset Ownership within the Household
    1997 Conference, August 10-16, 1997, Sacramento, California, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (3)

1996

47. DO HOUSEHOLDS FULLY SHARE RISK? EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics View citations (5)
48. WOMEN'S BARGAINING POWER IN HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC DECISIONS: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics View citations (29)

1994

49. MODELS OF INTRAHOUSEHOLD RESOURCE ALLOCATION: ASSUMPTIONS AND EMPIRICAL TESTS
    Staff Papers, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics View citations (3)

1993

50. THE RELATIONSHIP OF PROPERTY VALUES AND WETLANDS PROXIMITY IN RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
    Economic Reports, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics View citations (7)

Undated

51. Women’s Empowerment and the Adoption of Improved Maize Varieties: Evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania
    2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Sharing responsibility through joint decision-making and implications for intimate-partner violence: evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries
   Review of Economics of the Household, 2024, 22, (1), 35-66 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Sharing Responsibility through Joint Decision Making and Implications for Intimate-Partner Violence: Evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2022

2. Spousal concordance in joint and separate households: Survey evidence from Nepal
   World Development, 2022, 151, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Spousal concordance in joint and separate households: Survey evidence from Nepal, IFPRI discussion papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2021

3. Beyond ownership: women’s and men’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Oxford Development Studies, 2021, 49, (1), 2-22 View citations (2)
4. Diffusion and Dilution: The Power and Perils of Integrating Feminist Perspectives Into Household Economics
   Feminist Economics, 2021, 27, (3), 1-20 View citations (1)
5. He Says, She Says: Spousal Disagreement in Survey Measures of Bargaining Power
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2021, 69, (2), 765 - 788 View citations (30)
6. Structural Transformation and Gendered Transitions to Adulthood among Rural Youth: Cross-National Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   Journal of Development Studies, 2021, 57, (4), 614-634 View citations (4)

2020

7. Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making
   World Development, 2020, 125, (C) View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Ask me why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making, Post-Print (2020) View citations (18) (2020)
8. Land tenure security for women: A conceptual framework
   Land Use Policy, 2020, 99, (C) View citations (26)
9. Measuring Ownership, Control, and Use of Assets
   Feminist Economics, 2020, 26, (3), 144-168 View citations (17)
   See also Working Paper Measuring ownership, control, and use of assets, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2017) View citations (6) (2017)
10. Understanding rural household behavior: Beyond Boserup and Becker
    Agricultural Economics, 2020, 51, (1), 47-58 View citations (26)
11. Women, assets, and formal savings: A comparative analysis of Ecuador, Ghana and India
    Development Policy Review, 2020, 38, (2), 180-205 View citations (4)

2019

12. Gendered Paths to Asset Accumulation? Markets, Savings, and Credit in Developing Countries
    Feminist Economics, 2019, 25, (2), 36-66 View citations (5)
13. Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: Framework and review of available evidence
    Agricultural Systems, 2019, 172, (C), 72-82 View citations (43)

2018

14. Changing Patterns of Wealth Distribution: Evidence from Ghana
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (5), 933-948 View citations (4)
15. Do men and women estimate property values differently?
    World Development, 2018, 107, (C), 75-86 View citations (7)
16. Women and agricultural productivity: Reframing the Issues
    Development Policy Review, 2018, 36, (1), 35-50 View citations (58)
17. Youth Migration and Labour Constraints in African Agrarian Households
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (5), 875-894 View citations (11)

2017

18. Gender Gaps in Landownership across and within Households in Four Asian Countries
    Land Economics, 2017, 93, (2), 342-370 View citations (16)

2015

19. Collective Action within the Household: Insights from Natural Resource Management
    World Development, 2015, 74, (C), 171-183 View citations (32)
20. Examining gender inequalities in land rights indicators in Asia
    Agricultural Economics, 2015, 46, (S1), 119-138 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Examining Gender Inequalities in Land Rights Indicators in Asia, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy (2015) View citations (33) (2015)
21. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: myth and reality
    Agricultural Economics, 2015, 46, (3), 403-434 View citations (104)

2014

22. Collecting Sex Disaggregated Data to Improve Development Policies
    Journal of African Economies, 2014, 23, (suppl_1), i62-i86 View citations (4)
23. Land, Gender, and Food Security
    Feminist Economics, 2014, 20, (1), 1-23 View citations (18)
24. The Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps
    Development, 2014, 57, (3-4), 400-409 View citations (41)
25. Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
    Feminist Economics, 2014, 20, (1), 76-100 View citations (44)

2013

26. Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries-super-1
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2013, 28, (1), 52-78 View citations (201)
27. Property rights and the gender distribution of wealth in Ecuador, Ghana and India
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, 11, (2), 249-265 View citations (55)

2012

28. Women, Marriage and Asset Inheritance in Uganda
    Development Policy Review, 2012, 30, (5), 597-616 View citations (16)

2009

29. Do Community Members Share Development Priorities? Results of a Ranking Exercise in East African Rangelands
    Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45, (10), 1663-1683 View citations (4)

2008

30. Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa
    World Development, 2008, 36, (8), 1453-1468 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa, Center Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
31. Reclaiming Our Lives: HIV and AIDS, Women's Land and Property Rights and Livelihoods in southern and East Africa - Narratives and Responses
    Feminist Economics, 2008, 14, (4), 213-216
32. The AIDS Epidemic: Challenges for Feminist Economics
    Feminist Economics, 2008, 14, (4), 1-18 View citations (4)

2007

33. Educational Investments in a Dual Economy
    Economica, 2007, 74, (294), 351-369 View citations (9)

2006

34. Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (3), 525-541 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Pastoral Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya, Center Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (3) (2005)
35. THE GENDER ASSET GAP: WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
    Feminist Economics, 2006, 12, (1-2), 1-50 View citations (173)
36. The Effects of Intrahousehold Property Ownership on Expenditure Patterns in Ghana
    Journal of African Economies, 2006, 15, (1), 149-180 View citations (136)

2005

37. CALL FOR PAPERS
    Feminist Economics, 2005, 11, (3), 235-236
38. The Maize Green Revolution in Kenya Revisited
    The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2005, 2, (1), 32-49 View citations (19)

2002

39. Men's Crops? Women's Crops? The Gender Patterns of Cropping in Ghana
    World Development, 2002, 30, (11), 1987-2000 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper MEN'S CROPS? WOMEN'S CROPS? GENDER PATTERNS OF CROPPING IN GHANA, 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL (2001) View citations (2) (2001)

2001

40. Designing Agricultural Technology for African Women Farmers: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience
    World Development, 2001, 29, (12), 2075-2092 View citations (122)
41. How does gender affect the adoption of agricultural innovations?: The case of improved maize technology in Ghana
    Agricultural Economics, 2001, 25, (1), 27-39 View citations (170)
    See also Working Paper HOW DOES GENDER AFFECT THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS? THE CASE OF IMPROVED MAIZE TECHNOLOGY IN GHANA, 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN (1999) View citations (14) (1999)
42. Is Risk Fully Pooled within the Household? Evidence from Ghana
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2001, 50, (1), 101-30 View citations (31)

2000

43. How does gender affect the adoption of agricultural innovations?
    Agricultural Economics, 2000, 25, (1), 27-39 View citations (54)

1996

44. Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in an Uncertain Environment
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1996, 78, (5), 1335-1339 View citations (11)
45. THE INFLUENCE OF WETLAND TYPE AND WETLAND PROXIMITY ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES
    Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1996, 21, (01), 10 View citations (59)
46. Testing among models of intrahousehold resource allocation
    World Development, 1996, 24, (10), 1597-1609 View citations (93)

1994

47. Strengthening Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy through Intrahousehold Analysis: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1994, 76, (5), 1226-1228 View citations (3)

Chapters

2021

1. From the "feminization of agriculture" to gender equality
   Chapter 8 in Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future, 2021, pp 299-328
2. Gender, household behavior, and rural development
   Chapter 15 in Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world, 2021, pp 503-528
   See also Working Paper Gender, household behavior, and rural development, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2018) View citations (3) (2018)

2019

3. Building livelihoods for rural youth: A gendered perspective
   Chapter 7 in 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes, 2019, pp ReSAKSS97-110 View citations (1)
4. Women’s control over income: Implications for women’s empowerment and the agricultural sector
   Chapter 11 in 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes, 2019, pp ReSAKSS149-175