International Conference on Eurasian Economies
18-20 June 2018 – Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN
Paper detail
Paper ID : 2039
Status : Paper published
Language : English
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Daniyar Jasoolov
Session : 3A Agriculture
The Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Kyrgyzstan
The Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Kyrgyzstan
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Burulcha Sulaimanova (Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
- Daniyar Jasoolov (Public Fund AVEP, Kyrgyzstan)
Abstract
More than two third of total population of Kyrgyzstan are living in rural areas, and the agricultural sector of Kyrgyzstan employs nearly the half of labor force and have export oriented output production with over than 384 thousand peasant farms. The share of employed women in agriculture compromised the 44 % of total agricultural labor force. However the low economic efficiency and competitiveness of farmers in regional market, market imperfections in agriculture impedes the economic growth of this sector. This research aims to investigate gender gap in agricultural productivity among farm entrepreneurs in Kyrgyzstan. The agricultural labor productivity gap decomposed by various types of market imperfections, and empirically estimated by “Life in Kyrgyzstan” survey data for 2013 year.
JEL codes:
Sulaimanova, Burulcha, Jasoolov, Daniyar (2018). "The Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Kyrgyzstan" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2018, pp.77-80, Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C10.02039
