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Incomplete Information Sharing within the Household: Evidence from Participation in Agricultural Training in Zambia

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  • Ken MIURA

    (Kyoto University)

  • Yoko KIJIMA

    (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan.)

  • Takeshi SAKURAI

    (The University of Tokyo)

Abstract

This study estimates the impact of the gender of informed individuals on agricultural training participation. To do so, we randomly distributed information about a rice planting demonstration to husbands or wives in rural Zambia. The results show that information recipients were much more likely to join the training than the non-recipients from the same household, indicating that information does not flow well among spouses. We present evidence that information sharing is distorted by intra-household differences in management rights over productive lands for rice cultivation.

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  • Ken MIURA & Yoko KIJIMA & Takeshi SAKURAI, 2020. "Incomplete Information Sharing within the Household: Evidence from Participation in Agricultural Training in Zambia," GRIPS Discussion Papers 20-10, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:ngi:dpaper:20-10
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    knowledge diffusion; intra-household bargaining; sub-Saharan Africa;
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