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Gender-based market constraints to informal fish retailing: Evidence from analysis of variance and linear regression.
PLOS ONE ( IF 3.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-31 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229286
Seamus Murphy 1 , Diksha Arora 2 , Froukje Kruijssen 3 , Cynthia McDougall 4 , Paula Kantor 4
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Over the last decade, Egypt’s aquaculture sector has expanded rapidly, which has contributed substantially to per capita fish supply, and the growth of domestic fish markets and employment across the aquaculture value chain. Despite the growing importance of aquaculture sector in Egyptian labour force, only a few studies have explored the livelihoods of Egypt’s women and men fish retailers. Even fewer studies have examined gender-based market constraints experienced by these informal fish retailers. This study uses sex-disaggregated data collected in 2013 in three governorates of Lower Egypt to examine the economic and social constraints to scale of enterprises between women (n = 162) and men informal fish retailers (n = 183). Specifically, we employ linear regression method to determine the correlates of enterprise performance. We found that both women and men retailers in the informal fish market earn low profits and face livelihood insecurities. However, women’s enterprise performance is significantly lower than that of men even after controlling for individual socio-economic and retailing characteristics. Specifically, the burden of unpaid household work and lack of support therein impedes women’s ability to generate higher revenues. These findings strengthen the argument for investing in understanding how gender norms and attitudes affect livelihood options and outcomes. This leads to recommendations on gender-responsive interventions that engage with both men and women and enhance the bargaining power and collective voice of fish retailers.



中文翻译:

非正式鱼品零售的基于性别的市场限制:方差分析和线性回归的证据。

在过去的十年中,埃及的水产养殖部门迅速发展,这极大地促进了人均鱼品供应,国内鱼市场的增长以及整个水产养殖价值链中的就业。尽管水产养殖业在埃及劳动力中的重要性日益提高,但只有少数研究探索了埃及男女鱼类零售商的生计。很少有研究检查这些非正式鱼品零售商遇到的基于性别的市场限制。这项研究使用了2013年在下埃及三个省收集的按性别分类的数据,研究了经济和社会制约因素,限制了女性(n = 162)和男性非正式鱼品零售商(n = 183)之间企业规模。具体来说,我们采用线性回归方法来确定企业绩效的相关性。我们发现,非正式鱼市场中的男性和女性零售商都获得了低利润,并面临着生计的不安全感。但是,即使在控制了个人的社会经济和零售特征之后,女性的企业绩效也明显低于男性。具体而言,无偿家务劳动的负担以及其中缺乏支持,阻碍了妇女创造更高收入的能力。这些发现加强了人们进行投资以了解性别规范和态度如何影响生计选择和结果的论点。这就提出了有关对性别敏感的干预措施的建议,该干预措施可以使男人和女人都参与进来,并增强鱼品零售商的议价能力和集体发言权。即使在控制了个人的社会经济和零售特征之后,女性的企业绩效也明显低于男性。具体而言,无偿家务劳动的负担以及其中缺乏支持,阻碍了妇女创造更高收入的能力。这些发现加强了人们进行投资以了解性别规范和态度如何影响生计选择和结果的论点。这就提出了有关对性别敏感的干预措施的建议,该干预措施可以使男人和女人都参与进来,并增强鱼品零售商的议价能力和集体发言权。即使在控制了个人的社会经济和零售特征之后,女性的企业绩效也明显低于男性。具体而言,无偿家务劳动的负担以及其中缺乏支持,阻碍了妇女创造更高收入的能力。这些发现加强了人们进行投资以了解性别规范和态度如何影响生计选择和结果的论点。这就提出了有关对性别敏感的干预措施的建议,该干预措施与男子和妇女都参与,并增强了鱼品零售商的议价能力和集体发言权。无偿家务劳动的负担以及其中缺乏支持,阻碍了妇女创造更高收入的能力。这些发现加强了人们进行投资以了解性别规范和态度如何影响生计选择和结果的论点。这就提出了有关对性别敏感的干预措施的建议,该干预措施可以使男人和女人都参与进来,并增强鱼品零售商的议价能力和集体发言权。无偿家务劳动的负担以及其中缺乏支持,阻碍了妇女创造更高收入的能力。这些发现加强了人们进行投资以了解性别规范和态度如何影响生计选择和结果的论点。这就提出了有关对性别敏感的干预措施的建议,该干预措施可以使男人和女人都参与进来,并增强鱼品零售商的议价能力和集体发言权。

更新日期:2020-03-31
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