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Intrahousehold resources allocation in an uncertain environment : evidence from Ghana / (1996)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1996.
John G. McPeak, Cheryl R. Doss
Market-based development efforts frequently create opportunities to generate income from goods previously produced and consumed within the household. Production within the household is often...
Educational Investments in a Dual Economy
ANDREW G. MUDE, CHRISTOPHER B. BARRETT, JOHN G. McPEAK, CHERYL R. DOSS
We present a simple two-period, dual-economy model in which migration options may affect the informal financing of educational investments. When credit contracts are universally available and...
Cheryl R. Doss, John G. McPeak
Market-based development efforts frequently create opportunities to generate income from goods previously produced and consumed within the household. Production within the household is often...
The gender asset gap: What do we know and why does it matter?
Carmen Diana Deere, Cheryl R. Doss
Is there a gender asset gap? This article examines the evidence available on the distribution of wealth by gender around the world and asks why we do not know more. One of the contributions of...
DO HOUSEHOLDS FULLY SHARE RISK? EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
Intrahousehold analyses provide new insights into how households make economic decisions. Much of the work in economics has traditionally treated the household as a single economic actor, but a...
WOMEN'S BARGAINING POWER IN HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC DECISIONS: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
In this paper, the percentage of assets held by women within the household is used as a measure of women's bargaining power. The assets used in this paper include land, savings, and business assets....
THE RELATIONSHIP OF PROPERTY VALUES AND WETLANDS PROXIMITY IN RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Doss, Cheryl R., Taff, Steven J.
Land Economics/Use,
WOMEN'S BARGAINING POWER IN HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC DECISIONS: EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
In this paper, the percentage of assets held by women within the household is used as a measure of women's bargaining power. The assets used in this paper include land, savings, and business assets....
DO HOUSEHOLDS FULLY SHARE RISK? EVIDENCE FROM GHANA
Intrahousehold analyses provide new insights into how households make economic decisions. Much of the work in economics has traditionally treated the household as a single economic actor, but a...
Morris, Michael L., Doss, Cheryl R.
Why do men and women adopt agricultural technologies at different rates? Evidence from Ghana suggests that gender-linked differences in the adoption of modern maize varieties and chemical fertilizer...
MEN'S CROPS? WOMEN'S CROPS? GENDER PATTERNS OF CROPPING IN GHANA
Three issues regarding gender patterns of cropping in Ghana are examined to disentangle whether observed patterns are based on gender or on factors correlated with gender. First, can "men's" and...
Gender and the Distribution of Wealth in Developing Countries
Deere, Carmen Diana, Doss, Cheryl R.
women, assets, gender inequality, marital regimes, inheritance, land, Latin America, Africa, law
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS IN A SPATIALLY VARIED ECONOMY
Mude, Andrew G., Barrett, Christopher B., McPeak, John G., Doss, Cheryl R.
This paper presents a simple two-period, dual economy model in which migration options may affect the informal financing of educational investments. When credit contracts are universally available...
THE INFLUENCE OF WETLAND TYPE AND WETLAND PROXIMITY ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES
Doss, Cheryl R., Taff, Steven J.
Using detailed residential housing and wetland location data, we determine relative preferences for proximity to four broad classes of wetlands, as expressed through housing values. Implicit prices...
Based on an extensive review of the literature on women farmers in Africa, this paper explores the potential reasons why women farmers have not adopted improved maize technologies and discusses the...
Drawing on a series of technology adoption studies carried out by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in collaboration with national agricultural research systems in Eastern...