Employment Conditions in the Senegalese Horticultural Export Industry: A Worker Perspective

The rapid transformation of the agri‐food sector in developing countries has created rural off‐farm employment opportunities, especially for women. There is growing concern about worker welfare and employment conditions in agri‐food and export sectors, but empirical evidence on this issue is scant....

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Published in:Development policy review 2016-03, Vol.34 (2), p.301-319
Main Authors: Van den Broeck, Goedele, Van Hoyweghen, Kaat, Maertens, Miet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agribusiness
Developing countries
Discrete choice experiment
Employment
Employment opportunities
employment preferences
Empowerment
Females
Food
Heterogeneity
horticultural exports
Horticulture
International trade
LDCs
Preferences
Rural areas
rural off-farm employment
Senegal
Social classes
Startups
Studies
Women
Women owned businesses
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Summary:The rapid transformation of the agri‐food sector in developing countries has created rural off‐farm employment opportunities, especially for women. There is growing concern about worker welfare and employment conditions in agri‐food and export sectors, but empirical evidence on this issue is scant. We analyse contractual preferences of female workers in the horticultural export sector in Senegal. We use a discrete choice experiment to assess women's preferences for a labour contract and employ a latent class model to capture preference heterogeneity. We find that women have a high willingness to accept a labour contract in the horticultural export industry, and that differences in preferences for contract attributes can be explained by women's empowerment status.
ISSN:0950-6764
1467-7679
DOI:10.1111/dpr.12153