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Gender Gap and Credit Use in Smallholder Agriculture in Nigeria

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  • Olorunfemi Oladapo OGUNDELE

    (Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Nigeria)

  • Muslihah Adepeju BADMUS

    (National Institute of Horticultural Research, Ibadan-Nigeria)

Abstract

This study engaged National Bureau of Statistics 2015 Generalised Household wave 3 data was to examine the determinants of gender gap on credit access and loan size using Heckman two-stage selection model and the work was supported by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Results of the analysis confirmed the existence of gender gap of 6 per cent in credit access in favour of male headed households and a significant gender gap of 529,000 Naira in average loan size. The coefficient of gender in the estimated Heckman model (0.696) indicated a gender gap biased against female headed households. Some measures of human capital like literacy rate, formal education and post primary education as well as measure of wealth such as ownership of livestock were significantly biased against female-headed households and these seriously constraints their access to and use of credit.

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  • Olorunfemi Oladapo OGUNDELE & Muslihah Adepeju BADMUS, 2020. "Gender Gap and Credit Use in Smallholder Agriculture in Nigeria," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 7(9), pages 355-362, September.
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