The study sets out to assess the link between land leasing behavior and productivity differentials between male and female headed households. A non-cooperative game model with double-moral hazard allowed us to show that landlord’s tenure insecurity leads to sub-optimal level of effort on tenant’s part. The landlord’s enforcement ability is also shown to increase the optimal level of effort. The...

The study on gender and net farm income of cassava-based farmers under individual land tenure system was done in Abia State of Nigeria. The main objective was to determine the Net Farm Income (NFI) and the Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) of the cassava farmers by gender vis-aviz their income levels as well as food security in the state. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted while data we...

This paper analyzes the effects of income shocks on households’ chances becoming headed by women and its female-headed poverty vulnerability in Brazilian metropolitan regions. For that, unemployment rate was used as an shock, considering both positive negative variations general economy sectors that mostly employ men women. The results suggest decrease female household headship, while ones cann...

* Authors are listed in alphabetical order, denoting equal contributions. Abstract The primary objective of this paper is to model the association between household composition and maternal reports of child health for a large representative sample of young children in the United States. Using the 1991 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey—Longitudinal Follow-up, we examine these relationsh...