TY - JOUR
T1 - His, Hers, or Ours
T2 - Impacts of a Training and Asset Transfer Programme on Intra-Household Decision-Making in Zambia
AU - Kafle, Kashi
AU - Michelson, Hope
AU - Winter-Nelson, Alex
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was made possible by a grant from Elanco Animal Health (USA), and by the cooperation of Heifer International. We are especially grateful to Kevin Watkins (Elanco), James Kasongo (Heifer International), Joyce Phiri (Heifer International), Djondoh Sikalongwe (Heifer International), and Peter Goldsmith (University of Illinois). We thank Mary Arends-Kuenning, Kathy Baylis, Craig Gundersen, Dean Jolliffe, Paul Winters, Rui Benfica, Aslihan Arslan, Alessandra Garbero, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments. This paper also benefitted from comments from participants in the Women’s Empowerment and International Development (WEID) and the International Policy and Development (IPAD) seminars at University of Illinois. Views, opinions, and remaining errors are ours.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Elanco Animal Health (USA) [grant number 2012-02615]. This research was made possible by a grant from Elanco Animal Health (USA), and by the cooperation of Heifer International. We are especially grateful to Kevin Watkins (Elanco), James Kasongo (Heifer International), Joyce Phiri (Heifer International), Djondoh Sikalongwe (Heifer International), and Peter Goldsmith (University of Illinois). We thank Mary Arends-Kuenning, Kathy Baylis, Craig Gundersen, Dean Jolliffe, Paul Winters, Rui Benfica, Aslihan Arslan, Alessandra Garbero, and three anonymous reviewers for helpful comments. This paper also benefitted from comments from participants in the Women’s Empowerment and International Development (WEID) and the International Policy and Development (IPAD) seminars at University of Illinois. Views, opinions, and remaining errors are ours.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Elanco Animal Health (USA) [grant number 2012-02615].
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/9/2
Y1 - 2019/9/2
N2 - This paper studies the effects of a multifaceted asset transfer programme on the decision-making dynamics of smallholder households. Constructing separate indexes of participation in household decision-making for adult females and males, and using difference-in-differences to assess the impact of livestock transfer and training, we find evidence that these interventions increased the share of decisions in which individuals participated, regardless of gender. Increases in decision-making participation by both men and women are driven by an increase in joint decision-making within the household on the extensive margin. Decisions made jointly by men and women increased by 16 per cent across all household activities, with statistically significant declines in independent decision-making by men and women. Findings are encouraging given the evidence of welfare gains associated both with increases in participation in decision-making by women as well as increased cooperation within households.
AB - This paper studies the effects of a multifaceted asset transfer programme on the decision-making dynamics of smallholder households. Constructing separate indexes of participation in household decision-making for adult females and males, and using difference-in-differences to assess the impact of livestock transfer and training, we find evidence that these interventions increased the share of decisions in which individuals participated, regardless of gender. Increases in decision-making participation by both men and women are driven by an increase in joint decision-making within the household on the extensive margin. Decisions made jointly by men and women increased by 16 per cent across all household activities, with statistically significant declines in independent decision-making by men and women. Findings are encouraging given the evidence of welfare gains associated both with increases in participation in decision-making by women as well as increased cooperation within households.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2018.1516868
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2018.1516868
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053403555
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 55
SP - 2046
EP - 2064
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 9
ER -