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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
economics, econometrics and finance
What Determines Gender Inequality in Household Food Security in Kenya? Application of Exogenous Switching Treatment Regression
World Development, Volume 56, Year 2014
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Description
This paper explores the link between the gender of a household head and food security in rural Kenya. The results show that the food security gap between male-headed households (MHHs) and female-headed households (FHHs) is explained by their differences in observable and unobservable characteristics. FHHs' food security status would have been higher than it is now if the returns (coefficients) on their observed characteristics had been the same as the returns on the MHHs' characteristics. Even if that had been the case, however, results indicate that FHHs would still have been less food-secure than the MHHs due to unobservable characteristics. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kassie, Menale B.
Kenya, Nairobi
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Cimmyt
Ndiritu, Simon Wagura
Kenya, Nairobi
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Cimmyt
Kenya, Nairobi
Strathmore Business School
Stage, Jesper
Sweden, Ostersund
Mid Sweden University, Östersund
Statistics
Citations: 267
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.025
ISSN:
0305750X
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Male
Female