Social norms and the time allocation of Women's labor in Burkina Faso

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dc.contributor.authorKevane, M.en
dc.contributor.authorWydick, B.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialBurkina Fasoen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:30:46Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:30:46Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article argues that social norms are a major factor in determining the allocation of women's time and in regulating their economic activities. This view contradicts the assumption that time allocation depends on household economic level. Norms are gender specific and determine social penalties, such as verbal or physical abuse for women who have to travel to trade. In Burkina Faso social norms differ between the two ethnic groups: Mossi (more-conservative) and Bwa (less-patriarchical group). Results show that women from these groups react to changes differently. Women's labor include working on their husbands' fields, home and children, and on their own activities such as farming, selling, brewing, making Karite butter.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier3166en
dc.identifier.citationReview of Development Economics 5(1): 119-129en
dc.identifier.issn1363-6669en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67315en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherOxforx, UK: Blackwell Publishingen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2001 Blackwell Publishersen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectMarketing and tradeen
dc.subjectSocial normsen
dc.subjectTime allocationen
dc.subjectWomen's laboren
dc.subjectBurkina Fasoen
dc.subjectMossien
dc.subjectBwaen
dc.titleSocial norms and the time allocation of Women's labor in Burkina Fasoen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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