Credit Constraints, Agricultural Productivity, and Household Welfare in Burkina Faso: A Gender Perspective
研究了布基纳法索农民面临的三种信贷约束水平（低、中、高）如何通过农业生产力影响家庭福利，发现缓解信贷约束能提升福利和生产力，但效果因约束水平和性别而异，女性农民因土地权利不平等而生产力较低。
ABSTRACT We define three ordinal credit constraint levels (low, medium, high) and assess their effects on farmers’ welfare through the agricultural productivity channel. Farmers who are successful in getting credit face a low level of credit constraints. Those who do not obtain credit are disentangled in two levels: the high and medium levels of credit constraints. We study the case of Burkina Faso, a country where women farmers experience unequal property rights, we show that these credit constraints offer more detailed insights than a binary approach. Our findings reveal that easing credit constraints boosts welfare and productivity, with variations based on constraint levels and gender. Additionally, less empowered women farmers exhibit reduced productivity despite better credit access, highlighting gender inequality and land rights issues that lead to women's disempowerment and credit misallocation.