TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bhaumik, Sumon K.
AU  - Dimova, Ralitza
AU  - Gang, Ira N.
        TI  - Is Women's Ownership of Land a Panacea in Developing Countries? Evidence from Land-Owning Farm Households in Malawi
        PY  - 2014/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7907
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7907
        AB  - Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal institutions coexist, suggests that (a) in matrilineal societies the likelihood of cash crop cultivation by a household increases with the extent of land owned (or de facto controlled) by males, and (b) and cultivation of cash crops increases household welfare. The policy implication is that facilitating female ownership of assets through informal and formal institutions does not, on its own, increase welfare, if women do not have access to complementary resources that are needed to generate income from those assets.
        KW  - cash crops
KW  - informal institutions
KW  - female ownership of assets
KW  - household welfare
        ER  -