Is women's ownership of land a panacea in developing countries? Evidence from land-owning farm households in Malawi

Sumon Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova () and Ira Gang

No wp1055, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal institutions coexist, suggests that (a) in matrilineal societies the likelihood of cash crop cultivation by a household increases with the extent of land owned (or de facto controlled) by males, and (b) and cultivation of cash crops increases household welfare. The policy implication is that facilitating female ownership of assets through informal and formal institutions does not, on its own, increase welfare, if women do not have access to complementary resources that are needed to generate income from those assets.

Keywords: female ownership of assets; informal institutions; cash crops; household welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 O13 O2 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages
Date: 2013-08-01
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