Changes in intrahousehold labor allocation to environmental goods collection: a case study from rural Nepal, 1982 to 1997

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number87en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Priscilla A.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:42:22Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:42:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/155637
dc.titleChanges in intrahousehold labor allocation to environmental goods collection: a case study from rural Nepal, 1982 to 1997en
dcterms.abstractThis study explores the impact of changes in environmental conditions on intrahousehold labor allocation to the collection of environmental goods such as fuelwood and leaf fodder for a sample of rural Nepali households. Using household-level panel data collected in 1982 and 1997, the study finds that household collection time significantly increases with measures of environmental resource scarcity, and that the increase appears to come almost equally from men and women. Additionally, the results of this study indicate that household collection burdens are significantly lower in 1997 than in 1982, and that women have seen the largest decrease in their time spent collecting. The picture is not an entirely rosy one, however, as consumption of environmental goods is also significantly lower in 1997 compared to 1982. The results taken together indicate that one should not hastily attribute decreases in collection labor burdens to successful forest rehabilitation in areas managed by forest user groups. In this case it appears that lower collection times are principally due to reduced consumption and increased collection from private land.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCooke, Priscilla A. 2000. Changes in intrahousehold labor allocation to environmental goods collection: a case study from rural Nepal, 1982 to 1997. FCND Discussion Paper 87. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155637en
dcterms.extent60 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfFCND Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2000
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/125351en
dcterms.subjectlabouren
dcterms.subjectforest managementen
dcterms.subjectenvironmental impact assessmenten
dcterms.subjectnatural resources managementen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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