Why is Land Productivity Lower on Land Rented Out by Female Landlords? – Theory, and Evidence from Ethiopia

A paper by Dr. Stein Holden of Noragric and Dr. Mintewab Bezabih of the Göteborg University, Sweden seeks to find explanations to why land productivity is lower on land rented out by female landlord households than on land rented out by male landlord households.

This study uses information from the 230 landlord households in the sample of approximately 2000 households in two districts, East Gojjam and South Wollo, in the Amhara National Regional State in the northern and central highlands of Ethiopia.
East Gojjam is a fertile plateau receiving good average rainfall, while South Wollo is characterized by degraded farm plots receiving lower and more erratic rainfall. An overall sample of 130 male and 100 female landlords is included as a result.

Please find the paper here

Link to e-mail adresses:
Stein Holden
Mintewab Bezabih