17 Gender and the Distribution of Wealth in Developing Countries

Deere, Carmen Diana; Doss, Cheryl R.

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199548880.003.0017

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“…Women own between 4.00 and 30.54% of household assets individually, while men own between 37.57 and 46.00% of the assets. The study findings are similar to other studies (Deere and Doss, 2009;Doss et al, 2013;Johnson et al, 2016), which also found men to have more individual ownership of household assets. The gender asset gap (difference between men and women individual asset ownership) was highest in cattle (42.00%) and lowest in land (10.00%).…”

Section: Gender Differences In Ownership Control and Decision Makingsupporting

confidence: 91%

Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda

Kikulwe¹,

Okurut²,

Ajambo³

et al. 2018

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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Crop diseases significantly suppress plant yields and in extreme cases wipe out entire crop species threatening food security and eroding rural livelihoods. It is therefore critical to estimate the extent to which shocks like disease epidemics can affect food availability and the capacity of smallholder farmers to mitigate and reverse the effects of such shocks. This study utilizes sex-disaggregated data from 341 households in Uganda to analyze: first, gender and access to agricultural resources and their control; second, whether men and women in the targeted banana-farming communities share similar perceptions toward the effectiveness of the banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) control technologies and their respective information dissemination pathways; third, whether gender and farmer perceptions influence on farm adoption of BXW management practices. Lastly, it determines the impact of adoption of BXW control practices on food security. Results show that whereas most household assets are jointly owned, men have more individual ownership, control, and decision-making on income from household assets than women. Perceptions on effectiveness of BXW control practices and communication channels also differed between men and women. Men rated cutting down of infected plants to be more effective than women, but tissue culture, removal of male buds and disinfecting of farm tools were perceived to be equally effective by both men and women. In addition, apart from newspapers which were more effective in delivering BXW information to men, we found no differences in the effectiveness of other BXW information sources. More importantly, the study finds both gender and farmer perceptions on BXW control to significantly affect adoption of BXW control practices and household food security. For better and sustainable management of plant epidemics in Uganda, it is therefore critical that existing gender-based and underlying perception constraints are addressed.

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Section: Gender Differences In Ownership Control and Decision Makingsupporting

confidence: 91%

Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda

Kikulwe¹,

Okurut²,

Ajambo³

et al. 2018

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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“…Gender discriminatory norms, laws and practices severely limit women's decision-making power and control over land across the globe. 25 Legal frameworks concerning inheritance and property rights often favour men, leading to unequal land ownership. These inequalities are exacerbated by inheritance regimes that traditionally ensure property is passed down male lines, even in the presence of female heirs.…”

Section: Gender Bias In Law and Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Grounding Women's Land Rights: Towards equity and climate justice

Shadrack,

Chakma

2023

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“…Table 2 presents the share of each type of earning 12 by type of return and gender in 2017. For joint returns attributed to women (i.e., the women in these marriages earn more than their husbands), the shares of each earning are significantly lower, ranging from 1 percent to 3 percent.…”

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Measuring the Gender Asset Gap: Evidence from Spain

Ruiz¹,

Stupariu²,

Villanueva³

2023

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While the income gender gap has been widely researched to date, less attention has been paid to the wealth gender gap. This paper analyses individual-level data of the Spanish tax agency between 2012 and 2017 and documents the existence of an increasing wealth gap in Spain in this period. It also finds a clear difference in wealth accumulation patterns between both genders, especially in what respects holdings of equity in productive companies. Additionally, it finds that both women and men in the highest quantiles of the wealth distribution have increased their wealth and that men hold more assets that women. With respect to income distribution, the data shows men’s income accounts for a larger share of total income, which reinforces the gender gap related to economic resources.

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17 Gender and the Distribution of Wealth in Developing Countries

Cited by 24 publications

References 317 publications

Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda

Does gender matter in effective management of plant disease epidemics? Insights from a survey among rural banana farming households in Uganda

Grounding Women's Land Rights: Towards equity and climate justice

Measuring the Gender Asset Gap: Evidence from Spain

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