Joint Forces: The Impact of Intrahousehold Cooperation on Welfare in East African Agricultural Households

• Published in: Feminist economics Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 266 - 297
• Main Authors: Lecoutere, Els, Van Campenhout, Bjorn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 2023; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: agricultural households; Agricultural production; Agricultural research; Agriculture; Causal mediation analysis; Causality; Coaching; Coffee; Cooperation; Crops; Decision making; East Africa; Empowerment; Family income; Farming; Food security; Gender relations; household public goods provision; household welfare; Households; Low income groups; Marriage; Public goods; Resource allocation; spousal cooperation; Spouses; Training; Welfare; Women

In low- and middle-income countries, poor cooperation between members of smallholder agricultural households may lead to inefficient allocation of productive resources. This study estimates the causal mediating effects of cooperation between spouses on household welfare and public goods provision in...