This paper documents the positive link between the noncognitive skills of women farmers and the adoption of a cash crop. The context is Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, where the majority of rural households practice subsistence farming. The analysis finds that a one standard deviation increase in noncognitive ability related to perseverance is associated with a five percentage point (or 33 percent) increase in the probability of...
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2017/06/08
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS8095
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2017/06/08
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Disclosed
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Soft skills for hard constraints : evidence from high-achieving female farmers
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Gender Cross-Cutting Solution Area