Husbands’ and wives’ risk preferences and improved maize adoption in Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Research
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Fund
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12589
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0169-5150
cg.issue5
cg.journalAgricultural Economics
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.volume51
dc.contributor.authorMagnan, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorLove, Abby M.
dc.contributor.authorMishili, Fulgence J.
dc.contributor.authorSheremenko, Ganna
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:57:58Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:57:58Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171291
dc.titleHusbands’ and wives’ risk preferences and improved maize adoption in Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractResearch on technology adoption typically assumes that the preferences of a single individual—the household head—determine household‐level decisions. This study uses experimentally derived prospect theory‐based risk preferences from couples in Tanzania to test whether men's and women's risk preferences, which often diverge, influence the adoption of improved maize varieties. We find that women's risk aversion and men's loss aversion are negatively correlated with improved variety use. The tendency of men to overweight small probabilities is negatively associated with adoption, whereas the tendency of women to do so is positively associated. These findings suggest that technology adoption research should look beyond the preferences of the household head, and that technology promoters should consider targeting both men and women in their education and dissemination efforts.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2020-08-04
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMagnan, Nicholas; Love, Abby M.; Mishili, Fulgence J.; and Sheremenko, Ganna. 2020. Husbands’ and wives’ risk preferences and improved maize adoption in Tanzania. Agricultural Economics 51(5): 743-758. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12589en
dcterms.extentpp. 743-758
dcterms.issued2020-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Association of Agricultural Economists
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectrisken
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectrisk assessmenten
dcterms.subjectrisk managementen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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