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

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen
cg.contributor.donorAustralian Centre for International Agricultural Researchen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12589en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0169-5150en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalAgricultural Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume51en
dc.contributor.authorMagnan, Nicholasen
dc.contributor.authorLove, Abby M.en
dc.contributor.authorMishili, Fulgence J.en
dc.contributor.authorSheremenko, Gannaen
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 Accessen
dcterms.available2020-08-04en
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. 743-758en
dcterms.issued2020-09en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden
dcterms.publisherInternational Association of Agricultural Economistsen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectrisken
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectrisk assessmenten
dcterms.subjectrisk managementen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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