NDLI: Is Women’s Ownership of Land a Panacea in Developing Countries? Evidence from Land-Owning Farm Households in Malawi

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Is Women’s Ownership of Land a Panacea in Developing Countries? Evidence from Land-Owning Farm Households in Malawi

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar Dimova, Ralitza Gang, Ira N.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Abstract Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal institutions coexist, suggests that: in matrilineal societies the likelihood of high-value crop cultivation by a household increases with the extent of land owned by males, while the income generated from high-value crop production decreases with the amount of land owned by females; and the cultivation of high-value 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 when appropriate complementary resources and institutions are absent.
Starting Page	242
Ending Page	253
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1080/00220388.2015.1060314
Volume Number	52
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Language	English
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