Employment Conditions in the Senegalese Horticultural Export Industry: A Worker Perspective

Goedele Van den Broeck, Kaat Van Hoyweghen and Miet Maertens

No 211925, 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The rapid transformation of the agri-food sector in developing countries has created many rural off-farm employment opportunities, especially for women. There is a growing concern about worker welfare and employment conditions in agri-food and export sectors but empirical evidence on this issue is scant. We analyze contractual preferences of female workers in the horticultural export sector in Senegal. We use a discrete choice experiment to assess women’s preferences for a labor contract and employ a latent class model to capture preference heterogeneity. We find that women have a high willingness to accept a labor contract and that differences in preferences for contract attributes can be explained by women’s empowerment status.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.211925

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