Female Participation in Decision-Making in Agricultural Households in Kenya: Empirical Findings

Tabitha Kiriti, Clement Tisdell and Kartik C. Roy

No 100210, Social Economics, Policy and Development Working Papers from University of Queensland, School of Economics

Abstract: Survey data on which this paper is based were collected in a rural district in Kenya between December 2000 and January 2001. The main objective was to identify the factors that determine female participation in household decision-making. Our results suggest that bargaining models and resource theory cannot be applied in a society where customarily determined sex and social stratification systems place males higher than females and determines that only men make major decisions. Our results support the hypothesis that cultural theory is more significant than bargaining models or resource theories in determining women's participation in decision-making in Kenya.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37
Date: 2001-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.100210

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