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Macroeconomic impacts of female labour productivity shock in agriculture: evidence from a CGE model applied to a Sub-Saharan African country

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  • Patrice Rélouendé Zidouemba

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The agricultural sector is generally recognized as the engine of economic growth, poverty reduction and food security in countries with a high share of poor people employed in that sector. However, in most of Sub-Saharan African countries, the sector underperforms partly because women, who represent a crucial resource in the rural economy as farmers, face more severe constraints than men in accessing productive resources. In this paper, we use a gendered CGE model for Burkina Faso to simulate a greater access of women to productive resources. The results show that real GDP increases by 2.31%, and household real income and consumption improve significantly. We also found that the same productivity shock applied to the male labour displays positive but lower impacts. These results underline the gains that can be achieved at the macroeconomic, sectoral and household levels through better access of women to productive resources in the agricultural sector.

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  • Patrice Rélouendé Zidouemba, 2020. "Macroeconomic impacts of female labour productivity shock in agriculture: evidence from a CGE model applied to a Sub-Saharan African country," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(12), pages 1016-1021, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:27:y:2020:i:12:p:1016-1021
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1659482
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    1. Botero García, Jesús Alonso & Hurtado, Alvaro & Montañez Herrera, Diego Fernando, 2021. "The productivity of the agricultural sector and its effects on economic growth: a CGE analysis," Conference papers 333318, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
    2. Patrice Rélouendé Zidouemba & Romuald Somlanare Kinda & Pouirkèta Rita Nikiema, 2024. "Impacts of agricultural capital subsidies for women in Burkina Faso: Lessons from a Computable General Equilibrium model," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(1), pages 205-230, January.

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