The impact of Chilean fruit sector development on female employment and household income

Lovell Jarvis and Esperanza Vera-Toscano

No 3263, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: Modern fruit sector development in Chile led to agricultural employment for women, though usually only as temporary workers and often at a piece rate. Nonetheless, fruit sector employment offered women access to income and personal fulfillment previously lacking. The authors link the fruit sector to improving female and family economic welfare in rural Chile and changing gender relations. Using a unique longitudinal data set, they examine women's decisions regarding labor force participation and employment, their earnings and contributions to household income, and their attitudes toward employment to understand how new opportunities are changing women, their households, and the rural sector.

Keywords: Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Environmental Economics&Policies; Labor Policies; Public Health Promotion; Work&Working Conditions; Labor Standards; Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Environmental Economics&Policies; Work&Working Conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-04-01
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Working Paper: THE IMPACT OF CHILEAN FRUIT SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ON FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSEHOLD INCOME (2004)
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