Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273649 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022:19
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
This study analyzes how risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of men and women in a subSaharan African country, Burkina Faso. By using a large representative panel survey of farmers, the results show that as female farmers increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned plots goes down. The study controls for various socio-economic factors and explores how the diversity of the regions of the country affects gender differences. Findings show that agricultural policy interventions in Burkina Faso need to be gender sensitized when addressing issues related to credit constraints, improved inputs, and policies that support increase in productivity.
Subjects: 
risk attitudes
gender differences
agriculture
productivity
sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina Faso
JEL: 
D13
D81
J16
O13
Q12
Q18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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