Valuing Control Over Income And Time Use - A Field Experiment In Rwanda
Valuing Control Over Income And Time Use - A Field Experiment In Rwanda
Agricultural development programs often aim to increase women’s incomes and to enhance their control over family resources by offering new work opportunities, but as an unintended negative consequence, these programs may further increase women’s already heavy workloads. By means of a lab-in-the-field experiment in rural Rwanda, we elicit men’s and women’s valuations of control over income, time use, and trade-offs between them.