The majority of households in the sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region cook with solid fuel and other polluting fuels like kerosene, and women in this region spend more than 4 hr of their productive time in cooking activities with such energy sources. Such time input in cooking has a high cost on the labor market outcome of women. This study examines the long‐term relationship between cooking technology usage and women's labor market outcomes in 45 SSA countries for the period 2000–2017. The results show that cooking technology usage improves the female labor force participation rate, and reduces the labor force participation gap and female unemployment rate. This finding is consistent even when subjected to a battery of robustness checks. The study also finds some heterogeneous effects in the relationship by the economic structure of the sampled countries.

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撒哈拉以南非洲的烹饪技术和女性劳动力市场成果

撒哈拉以南非洲地区（SSA）的大多数家庭使用固体燃料和其他污染性燃料（例如煤油）做饭，而该地区的妇女将这种生产时间花在生产上的时间超过4小时。烹饪中的这种时间投入对妇女的劳动力市场产生了高昂的代价。这项研究调查了2000-2017年期间，在45个撒哈拉以南非洲国家，烹饪技术的使用与妇女劳动力市场成果之间的长期关系。结果表明，烹饪技术的使用提高了女性劳动力的参与率，减少了劳动力参与差距和女性失业率。即使经过一系列耐用性检查，这一发现也是一致的。