Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship

Despite their increasing prominence in policy debates, little is known about gender inequities in non-agricultural labor market outcomes in rural areas. Using matched household-enterprise-community data sets from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this paper documents and analyzes gender...

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Main Authors: Rijkers, Bob, Costa, Rita
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
WDR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16259998/gender-rural-non-farm-entrepreneurship
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topic ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT WOMEN
ADVISORY SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
BUSINESS CREDIT MARKET
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL STOCK
CARTEL
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY SURVEYS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CREDIT INSTITUTION
CREDIT PROVIDERS
CULTURAL CHANGE
CULTURAL NORMS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRIMINATION
DISTRICTS
DIVERSIFICATION
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EDUCATED MEN
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFECTS OF GENDER
ELDERLY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENDOWMENTS
ENGEL CURVES
ENTREPRENEURS
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FAMILY FARM
FARM ENTERPRISE
FARM ENTERPRISES
FARMER
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEMALE
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FOOD SECURITY
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENDER
GENDER ASYMMETRIES
GENDER DIFFERENCE
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSIONS
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAPS
GENDER IMPACT
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INEQUITIES
GENDER NORMS
GENDER PARITY
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDER SEGREGATION
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GROUP OF FIRMS
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
HEALTH SERVICES
HOTELS
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUSBANDS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFORMATION ON ENTERPRISE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
JOB CREATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE SURVEYS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR OFFICE
LAND RIGHTS
LEASING
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MACROECONOMICS
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED COUPLES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MICROFINANCE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NUTRITION
OBSTACLES TO GROWTH
OCCUPATION
OLD AGE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OPPORTUNITY COST
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION DENSITY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROFITABILITY
PROGRESS
PROPORTION OF WOMEN
REAL ESTATE
RENTING
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL BANK
RURAL BUSINESS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SHOPS
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT
SMALL BUSINESS LOAN
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SON PREFERENCE
SOURCE OF INCOME
SPOUSE
TAXATION
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSPORTATION
UNDP
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POVERTY
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VILLAGE
VILLAGE LEVEL
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
WDR
WEALTH
WIDOWS
WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ACCESS TO CREDIT
ACCESS TO FINANCE
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY
ADULT LITERACY
ADULT WOMEN
ADVISORY SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
BUSINESS CREDIT MARKET
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL STOCK
CARTEL
COMMERCIAL BANK
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY SURVEYS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CREDIT INSTITUTION
CREDIT PROVIDERS
CULTURAL CHANGE
CULTURAL NORMS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRIMINATION
DISTRICTS
DIVERSIFICATION
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EDUCATED MEN
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EFFECTS OF GENDER
ELDERLY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYER
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENDOWMENTS
ENGEL CURVES
ENTREPRENEURS
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
FAMILY FARM
FARM ENTERPRISE
FARM ENTERPRISES
FARMER
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEMALE
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FEMALE LABOR
FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY
FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FOOD SECURITY
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GENDER
GENDER ASYMMETRIES
GENDER DIFFERENCE
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSIONS
GENDER DISCRIMINATION
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER EQUITY
GENDER GAPS
GENDER IMPACT
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER INEQUITIES
GENDER NORMS
GENDER PARITY
GENDER RELATIONS
GENDER SEGREGATION
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
GROUP OF FIRMS
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
HEALTH SERVICES
HOTELS
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUSBANDS
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
INFORMATION ON ENTERPRISE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
JOB CREATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE SURVEYS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR OFFICE
LAND RIGHTS
LEASING
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MACROECONOMICS
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIED COUPLES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MICROFINANCE
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NUTRITION
OBSTACLES TO GROWTH
OCCUPATION
OLD AGE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
OPPORTUNITY COST
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION DENSITY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROFITABILITY
PROGRESS
PROPORTION OF WOMEN
REAL ESTATE
RENTING
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL BANK
RURAL BUSINESS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
SHOPS
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT
SMALL BUSINESS LOAN
SMALL ENTERPRISES
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SON PREFERENCE
SOURCE OF INCOME
SPOUSE
TAXATION
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSPORTATION
UNDP
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POVERTY
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VILLAGE
VILLAGE LEVEL
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WATER SUPPLY
WDR
WEALTH
WIDOWS
WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Rijkers, Bob
Costa, Rita
Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6066
description Despite their increasing prominence in policy debates, little is known about gender inequities in non-agricultural labor market outcomes in rural areas. Using matched household-enterprise-community data sets from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this paper documents and analyzes gender differences in the individual portfolio choice and productivity of non-farm entrepreneurship. Except for Ethiopia, women are less likely than men to become nonfarm entrepreneurs. Women's nonfarm entrepreneurship isn't strongly correlated with household composition or educational attainment, but is especially prevalent amongst women who are the head of their household. Female-led firms are much smaller and less productive on average, though gender differences in productivity vary dramatically across countries. Mean differences in log output per worker suggest that male firms are roughly 10 times as productive as female firms in Bangladesh, three times as those in Ethiopia and twice as those in Sri Lanka. By contrast, no significant differences in labor productivity were detected in Indonesia. Differences in output per worker are overwhelmingly accounted for by sorting by sector and size. They can't be explained by differences in capital intensity, human capital or the local investment climate, nor by increasing returns to scale.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Rijkers, Bob
Costa, Rita
author_facet Rijkers, Bob
Costa, Rita
author_sort Rijkers, Bob
title Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
title_short Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
title_full Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship
title_sort gender and rural non-farm entrepreneurship
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16259998/gender-rural-non-farm-entrepreneurship
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9353
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spelling okr-10986-93532021-04-23T14:02:45Z Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship Rijkers, Bob Costa, Rita ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADULT LITERACY ADULT WOMEN ADVISORY SERVICES AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SELF-EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS CREDIT MARKET BUSINESS ECONOMICS BUSINESS ORGANIZATION CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL STOCK CARTEL COMMERCIAL BANK COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY SURVEYS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CREDIT INSTITUTION CREDIT PROVIDERS CULTURAL CHANGE CULTURAL NORMS DECISION MAKING DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DISTRICTS DIVERSIFICATION EARNINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATED MEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFECTS OF GENDER ELDERLY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENDOWMENTS ENGEL CURVES ENTREPRENEURS EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY FARM FARM ENTERPRISE FARM ENTERPRISES FARMER FEDERAL RESERVE FEMALE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FOOD SECURITY GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENDER GENDER ASYMMETRIES GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAPS GENDER IMPACT GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER NORMS GENDER PARITY GENDER RELATIONS GENDER SEGREGATION GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF FIRMS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HEALTH SERVICES HOTELS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFORMATION ON ENTERPRISE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEYS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR OFFICE LAND RIGHTS LEASING LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY MACROECONOMICS MARITAL STATUS MARRIED COUPLES MATERNAL MORTALITY MICROFINANCE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUMBER OF WORKERS NUTRITION OBSTACLES TO GROWTH OCCUPATION OLD AGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OPPORTUNITY COST PHYSICAL CAPITAL PHYSICAL INTEGRITY POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION DENSITY PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN REAL ESTATE RENTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL BANK RURAL BUSINESS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SELF EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHOPS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT SMALL BUSINESS LOAN SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SON PREFERENCE SOURCE OF INCOME SPOUSE TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORTATION UNDP URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL WAGE RATES WAGES WATER SUPPLY WDR WEALTH WIDOWS WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS Despite their increasing prominence in policy debates, little is known about gender inequities in non-agricultural labor market outcomes in rural areas. Using matched household-enterprise-community data sets from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this paper documents and analyzes gender differences in the individual portfolio choice and productivity of non-farm entrepreneurship. Except for Ethiopia, women are less likely than men to become nonfarm entrepreneurs. Women's nonfarm entrepreneurship isn't strongly correlated with household composition or educational attainment, but is especially prevalent amongst women who are the head of their household. Female-led firms are much smaller and less productive on average, though gender differences in productivity vary dramatically across countries. Mean differences in log output per worker suggest that male firms are roughly 10 times as productive as female firms in Bangladesh, three times as those in Ethiopia and twice as those in Sri Lanka. By contrast, no significant differences in labor productivity were detected in Indonesia. Differences in output per worker are overwhelmingly accounted for by sorting by sector and size. They can't be explained by differences in capital intensity, human capital or the local investment climate, nor by increasing returns to scale. 2012-06-29T22:04:05Z 2012-06-29T22:04:05Z 2012-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16259998/gender-rural-non-farm-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9353 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6066 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research