Joint Land Certification Programmes and Women's Empowerment: Evidence from Ethiopia. Issue 10 (3rd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Melesse, Mequanint B.; Dabissa, Adane; Bulte, Erwin
• Is Part Of: Journal of development studies. Volume 54:Issue 10(2018)
• Page Start: 1756
• Page End: 1774
• Publication Date: 2018-10-03
• Subjects: Economic development -- Periodicals; Economic history -- 1945- -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Développement économique -- Périodiques; Histoire économique -- 1945- -- Périodiques; Pays en voie de développement -- Conditions économiques -- Périodiques; 338.91
• DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1327662
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0388

Abstract

Abstract: This paper connects two important development policy issues: women's empowerment and land certification. We use propensity score matching to study the impact of the Ethiopian joint land registration and certification programme on women's empowerment. Data are collected using surveys and a field experiment, enabling construction of complementary indices for empowerment. Our main result is that joint land certification has significant effects on women's empowerment, particularly on dimensions that indicate female participation and roles outside the home. This result is robust to various sensitivity checks and alternative model specifications.