Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites

The invaluable social and economic contribution that women collectively make is often undervalued and underestimated. This paper attempts to address this to some extent, by providing a contemporary assessment of women’s contribution to paid off-farm work in rural and agricultural communities in Aust...

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Main Authors: Jefferson, Therese, Mahendran, Anusha
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Business Institute 2012
Online Access:http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/14.%20Anusha.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21313
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description The invaluable social and economic contribution that women collectively make is often undervalued and underestimated. This paper attempts to address this to some extent, by providing a contemporary assessment of women’s contribution to paid off-farm work in rural and agricultural communities in Australia. As part of the analysis, women’s contributions to paid off-farm work activities are examined. Measures of the contribution of women in terms of their contribution to paid off-farm work are calculated using values derived from specially constructed models. A brief literature review of relevant research concerning the determinants of women’s contribution to paid off-farm work in the agricultural and rural communities is also incorporated. The findings presented are thus largely based on current research, with one of the main goals of the exercise being to provide more complete information regarding the contribution of women to agricultural and rural communities, to improve future policy development and implementation in relevant areas.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-213132017-01-30T12:24:27Z Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites Jefferson, Therese Mahendran, Anusha The invaluable social and economic contribution that women collectively make is often undervalued and underestimated. This paper attempts to address this to some extent, by providing a contemporary assessment of women’s contribution to paid off-farm work in rural and agricultural communities in Australia. As part of the analysis, women’s contributions to paid off-farm work activities are examined. Measures of the contribution of women in terms of their contribution to paid off-farm work are calculated using values derived from specially constructed models. A brief literature review of relevant research concerning the determinants of women’s contribution to paid off-farm work in the agricultural and rural communities is also incorporated. The findings presented are thus largely based on current research, with one of the main goals of the exercise being to provide more complete information regarding the contribution of women to agricultural and rural communities, to improve future policy development and implementation in relevant areas. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21313 http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/14.%20Anusha.pdf World Business Institute fulltext
spellingShingle Jefferson, Therese
Mahendran, Anusha
Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites
title Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites
title_full Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites
title_fullStr Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites
title_full_unstemmed Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites
title_short Calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in Australian agricultural and rural communites
title_sort calculating the paid off-farm work contributions of women in australian agricultural and rural communites
url http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/14.%20Anusha.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21313