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

Goedele Vanden Broeck, Kaat Vanhoyweghen and Miet Maertens

No 208756, Working Papers from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics

Abstract: The rapid transformation of the agri-food sector in developing countries has created 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 labour contract and employ a latent class model to capture preference heterogeneity. We find that women have a high willingness to accept a labour contract in the horticultural export industry and that differences in preferences for contract attributes can be explained by women’s empowerment status.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2015-09
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Journal Article: Employment Conditions in the Senegalese Horticultural Export Industry: A Worker Perspective (2016)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.208756

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