Browsing Economic and Social Review by Subject "Women in farming"

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    • Female labour supply in farm households: farm and off-farm participation 

      Callan, Tim; Van Soest, Arthur (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1993)
      Many Irish women in farm households have an input into the running of the farm; while a much smaller proportion are engaged in off-farm employment. Using cross-section household data, we analyse various models in which ...

    • Interfering women: farm mothers and the reproduction of family farming 

      O'Hara, Patricia (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)
      The continuance of family farming in Ireland is dependent on family formation and reproduction which are processes in which women are central actors. Family farming as a social form is organised around gender-based work ...