Publications
All my publications are listed by topic below:
Gender Gaps in Land, Assets, and Wealth
Agriculture and Rural Development
Intrahousehold Analyses
Methods for Data Collection for Gender Analysis
Other
Gender Gaps in Land, Assets and Wealth
Unbundling water and land rights in Kilifi County, Kenya: A gender perspective. 2023. Marya Hillesland, Cheryl R. Doss, Mercy Mutua, Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt, Eileen Nchanji, Jennifer Twyman & Marina Korzenevica. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 5.
Who Claims the Rights to Livestock? Gendered patterns of asset holdings in smallholder households in Uganda. 2023. Marya Hillesland, Cheryl Doss, Vanya Slavchevska & Martina Querejeta. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 21:1.
Beyond Ownership: Women’s and men’s land rights in sub-Saharan Africa. 2021. Vanya Slavchevska, Cheryl Doss, Ana Paula de la O Campos, & Chiara Brunelli. Oxford Development Studies, 49(1): 2-22.
Land Tenure Security for Women: A Conceptual Framework. 2020. Cheryl Doss & Ruth Meinzen-Dick. Land Use Policy, 29(Dec.).
Measuring Ownership, Control, and Use of Assets. Cheryl Doss, Caitlin Kieran, and Talic Kilic. Feminist Economics, 26(3): 144-168.
Women, assets, and formal savings: A comparative analysis of Ecuador, Ghana and India. 2020. Cheryl Doss, Hema Swaminathan, Suchitra J.Y., Abena D. Oduro & Boaz Anglade. Development Policy Review, 38(2): 180-205.
Gendered Paths to Asset Accumulation? Markets, Savings and Credit in Developing Countries. 2019. Cheryl R. Doss, Carmen Diana Deere, Abena D. Oduro, Hema Swaminathan, Zachary Catanzarite & Suchitra J.Y. Feminist Economics 25(2): 36-66.
Changing Patterns of Wealth Distribution: Evidence from Ghana. 2018. Abena D. Oduro and Cheryl R. Doss. Journal of Development Studies 54(5).
Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence. 2017. Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss and Sophie Theis. Forthcoming, Agricultural Systems. (Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01663.) .
Assets and Shocks: A Gendered Analysis of Ecuador,Ghana and Karnataka, India. 2017. Cheryl R. Doss, Abena D. Oduro, Carmen Diana Deere, Hema Swaminathan, William Baah-Boateng, Suchitra J.Y. Canadian Journal of Development Studies.
Gender Gaps in Landownership across and within Households in Four Asian Countries. 2017. Caitlin Kieran, Kathryn Sproule, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss. Land Economics, 93(2): 342-370. (Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01481.)
Examining Gender Inequalities in Land Rights Indicators in Asia. 2015. Caitlin Kieran, Kathryn Sproule, Cheryl Doss, Agnes Quisumbing, and Sung Mi King. Agricultural Economics, 46(S1) 119-38. (Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01429)
Gender Inequalities in Ownership and Control of Land in Africa: Myth and Reality. 2015. Cheryl Doss, Chiara Kovarik, Amber Peterman, Agnes Quisumbing, and Mara van den Bold. Agricultural Economics, 46: 403–434. (Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01261.)
Shocks, assets and social protection: A gendered analysis of Ecuador, Ghana, and Karnataka, India. 2015. Cheryl Doss, Abena D. Oduro, Carmen Diana Deere, Hema Swaminathan, William Baah-Boateng, and Suchitra J.Y. UN Women Discussion Paper. New York.
The Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps. 2014. Cheryl R. Doss, Carmen Diana Deere, Abena D. Oduro and Hema Swaminathan. Development, 57(3-4): 400-09.
Land, Gender, and Food Security. 2014. Cheryl Doss, Gale Summerfield, and Dzodzi Tsikata. Feminist Economics, 20(1):1-23.
Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Rural Ugandans and Implications for Land Acquisitions. 2014. Cheryl Doss, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, and Allan Bomuhangi. Feminist Economics 20(1): 76-100. (Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01136.)
Property Rights and the Gender Distribution of Wealth in Ecuador, Ghana, and India. 2013. Carmen Diana Deere, Abena D. Oduro, Hema Swaminathan, and Cheryl Doss. The Journal of Economic Inequality 11: 249–265.
Women, Marriage and Asset Inheritance in Uganda. 2012. Cheryl Doss, Mai Truong, Gorettie Nabanoga, and Justine Namaalwa. Development Policy Review 30 (5): 597-616. (Also published as Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 184, April 2011.)
The Gender Asset and Wealth Gaps: Evidence from Ecuador, Ghana, and Karnataka, India. 2011. Cheryl Doss, Carmen Diana Deere, Abena D. Oduro, Hema Swaminathan, Suchitra J. Y., Rahul Lahoti, W. Baah-Boateng, L. Boakye-Yiadom, Jackeline Contreras, Jennifer Twyman, Zachary Catanzarite, Caren Grown, and Marya Hillesland. Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Gender and Asset Ownership: A Guide to Collecting Individual level Data. 2008. Cheryl Doss, Caren Grown, and Carmen Diana Deere. Policy Research Working Paper 4704, World Bank.
Gender and the Distribution of Wealth in Developing Countries, 2008. Cheryl Doss and Carmen Diana Deere. In Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective. Ed. by James Davies. Oxford University Press. (also available as UNU-WIDER Research Paper 2006/115)
The Gender-Asset Gap: What do we Know and Why does it Matter? 2006. Carmen Diana Deere and Cheryl Doss. Feminist Economics 12(1-2):1-50. January/April 2006.
Women and the Distribution of Wealth. Carmen Diana Deere and Cheryl Doss, eds. Routledge, 2007. (also published as a special issue of Feminist Economics, 12(1-2) Jan/April 2006)
Agricultural and Rural Development
Enhancing agency and empowerment in agricultural development projects: A synthesis of mixed methods impact evaluations from the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project, Phase 2 (GAAP2). Agnes R. Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Hazel J. Malapit, Greg Seymour, Jessica Heckert, Cheryl Doss, Nancy Johnson, Deborah Rubin, Giang Thai, Gayathri Ramani, Emily Myers, and the GAAP2 for pro-WEAI Study Team. Journal of Rural Studies. 2024.
Gender Research in the CGIAR: The revolution is far from over. Agnes Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss, and Amber Peterman. Global Food Security 40(100727), March 2024.
Myths about the Feminization of Agriculture: Implications for global food security. Nozomi Kawarazuka, Cheryl Doss, Cathy Rozel Farnworth, and Rhiannon Pyburn. Global Food Security. 2022.
Gender in Agriculture and Food Systems. Agnes Quisumbing and Cheryl Doss. In Christopher B. Barrett and David R. Just, Editors. Handbook of Agricultural Economics, V. 5. Amsterdam: North Holland, 2021.
From the “Feminization of Agriculture” to Gender Equality. Cheryl Doss, Ayesha Qaisrani, Katrina Kosec, Vanya Slavchevska, Alessandra Galiè, and Nozomi Kawarazuka. In Rhiannon Pyburn and Anouka van Eerdewijk, Editors. Advancing Gender Equality through Agricultural and Environmental Research: Past, present and future. IFPRI, Washington, DC. 2021.
Gender, Household Behavior, and Rural Development. Cheryl Doss and Agnes Quisumbing. In Keijiro Otsuka and Shenggen Fan, Editors. Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. 2021.
Structural Transformation and Gendered Transitions to Adulthood among Rural Youth: Cross-National evidence from Low- and Middle- Income Countries. Jessica Heckert, Audrey Pereira, Cheryl Doss, Emily Myers, and Agnes Quisumbing. Journal of Development studies. Published online 14 Sept. 2020.
The Potential Intersections of Covid-19, Gender and Food Security in Africa. Cheryl Doss, Jemimah Njuki, and Helen Mika. Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security 5(1): 41-48. 2020.
Understanding Rural Household Behavior: Beyond Boserup and Becker. Cheryl R. Doss and Agnes R. Quisumbing. Agricultural Economics 51(1): 47-58. 2020.
Building Livelihoods for Rural Youth: A gendered perspective. Jessica Heckert, Audrey Pereira, Cheryl Doss, Emily C. Meyers & Agnes R Quisumbing In Agnes R Quisumbing; Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, & Jemimah Njuki (Eds.) 2019. 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2019. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Women’s Control Over Income: Implications for women’s empowerment and the agricultural sector. Cheryl R. Doss, Jemimah Njuki, and Sophie Boote. In Agnes R Quisumbing; Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, & Jemimah Njuki (Eds.) 2019. 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2019. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Why Gender Matters for Agricultural Productivity in Africa . Cheryl Doss & Agnes Quisumbing. In Agnes R Quisumbing; Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, & Jemimah Njuki (Eds.) 2019. 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2019. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Women and Agriculture: Four Myths. Cheryl Doss, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Agnes Quisumbing, and Sophie Theis. Global Food Security, 2017.
Youth Migration and Labour Constraints in African Agrarian Households. Valerie Mueller, Agnes Quisumbing and Cheryl Doss. Journal of Development Studies, 54(5): 875-894. 2018.
Women and Agricultural Productivity: Reframing the Issues. Cheryl R. Doss. Development Policy Review, 36: 35-50. 2018. (Also published as Yale Economic Growth Center Working Paper 1051.)
Women and Maize Cultivation: Increasing Productivity through Gender Analysis. Cheryl Doss. In: Dave Watson, Editor. Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Maize. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science. Burleigh Dodds, 2017.
Addressing gender in agricultural research for development in the face of a changingclimate: where are we and where should we be going? Patricia Kristjanson, Elizabeth Bryan, Quinn Bernier, Jennifer Twyman, Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, Caitlin Kieran, Claudia Ringler, Christine Jost and Cheryl Doss. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 15(5): 482-500. 2017.
If Women Hold up Half the Sky, How much of the World’s Food do they Produce? Cheryl Doss. In: Quisumbing, Agnes, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Terri Raney, Andre Croppenstedt, Julia A. Behrman, and Amber Peterman, Editors. Gender in Agriculture and Food Security: Closing the Knowledge Gap. Springer, 2012. (Also published as ESA Working Paper No. 11-04)
Data Needs for Gender Analysis in Agriculture. Cheryl Doss. In: Quisumbing, Agnes, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Terri Raney, Andre Croppenstedt, Julia A. Behrman, and Amber Peterman, Editors. Gender in Agriculture and Food Security: Closing the Knowledge Gap. Springer, 2012. (Also published as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01261)
Risk and Social Change in an African Rural Economy: Livelihoods in Pastoral Communities. John McPeak, Peter Little and Cheryl Doss. Routledge, 2011.
The Role of Women in Agriculture. Gustavo Anriquez, Andre Croppenstedt,,Cheryl Doss, Stefano Gerosa, Sarah Lowder, Ira Matuschke, Reei Raney and Jakob Skoet, ESA Working Paper No 10-03, August 2010.
Are Development Priorities Shared by Community Members? Results of a Ranking Exercise in East African Rangelands. John McPeak, Cheryl Doss, Christopher B. Barrett, and Patti Kristjanson. Journal of Development Studies, 45:1663-1683, 2009.
Interpersonal, Intertemporal and Spatial Variation in Risk Perceptions: Evidence from East Africa. Cheryl R. Doss, John G. McPeak and Christopher B. Barrett. World Development, 36(8): 1453-1468, 2008. (Also published as Yale Economic Growth Center Working Paper 948.)
Education Investments in a Dual Economy. Andrew Mude, Christopher Barrett, John McPeak and Cheryl Doss. Economica, 74:351-369, 2007.
Are Household Production Decisions Cooperative? Evidence on Migration and Milk Sales from Northern Kenya. John McPeak and Cheryl Doss. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(3):528-542. August 2006. (Also published as Yale Economic Growth Center Working Paper 906.)
Engendering Agricultural Technology for Africa’s Farmers: Promises and Pitfalls. Cheryl Doss. In Edith Kuiper and Drucilla Barker, Editors, Feminist Economics and the World Bank: History, Theory and Policy. Routledge, 2006.
Analyzing Technology Adoption using Micro Studies: Limitations, challenges and opportunities for improvement. Cheryl Doss. Agricultural Economics, 34(3):207-219. Spring 2006. (Also published as CIMMYT Economics Working Paper 03-07)
The Maize Green Revolution in Kenya Revisited. Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics. Hugo de Groote, George Owur, Cheryl Doss, James Ouma, Lutta Muhammad and K. Danda. 2005. http://www.fao.org/es/esa/ejade/vol_2/cover_en.htm
Adoption of Maize and WheatTechnologies in East Africa: A Synthesis of the Findings of 22 Case Studies. Cheryl Doss, Wilfred Mwangi, Hugo Verkuijl, and Hugo De Groote. CIMMYT Economics Working Paper 03-06. Mexico, D.F., CIMMYT. 2003.
Men’s Crops? Women’s Crops? Gender Patterns of Cropping in Ghana. Cheryl Doss. World Development 30(11): 987-2000. November 2002.
Designing Agricultural Technology for African Women Farmers: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience. Cheryl Doss. World Development 29(12): 2075-2092. December 2001. (also published as CIMMYT Economics Program Paper 99-02)
How Does Gender Affect the Adoption of Agricultural Innovations? The Case of Improved Maize Technology in Ghana. Cheryl Doss and Michael Morris. Agricultural Economics 25(1): 27-39. June 2001.
Intrahousehold Analyses
Unbundling water and land rights in Kilifi County, Kenya: A gender perspective. 2023. Marya Hillesland, Cheryl R. Doss, Mercy Mutua, Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt, Eileen Nchanji, Jennifer Twyman & Marina Korzenevica.
Sharing Responsibility through Joint Decision Making and Implications for Intimate-Partner Violence: Evidence from 12 Sub-Saharan African Countries. Aletheia Donald, Cheryl Doss, Markus P. Goldstein, and Sakshi Gupta. Review of Economics of the Household, forthcoming. (Also Policy Research Working Paper No. 9760. World Bank, Washington, DC. 2021.)
Women’s empowerment, extended families and male migration in Nepal: Insights from mixed methods analysis. Cheryl Doss, Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, Audrey Pereira, and Rajendra Pradhan. Journal of Rural Studies, 90(1):13-25. (Also, IFPRI Discussion Paper 1977. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2020.)
Spousal concordance in joint and separate households: Survey evidence from Nepal. Kate Ambler, Cheryl Doss, Caitlin Kieran, and Simone Passarelli. World Development, 151. 2022.
Intrahousehold decision-making and resource allocation. Cheryl Doss. In Günseli Berik and Ebru Kongar, Editors. The Handbook of Feminist Economics. New York: Routledge, 2021.
Diffusion and Dilution: The power and perils of integrating feminist perspectives into household economics. Cheryl Doss. Feminist Economics, 27(3): 1-20. 2021.
Ask Me Why: Patterns of intrahousehold decision-making. Tanguy Bernard, Cheryl Doss, Melissa Hidrobo, Jessica B. Hoel, and Caitlin Kieran. World Development, 125. January 2020. Also available as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01874.
He Says, She Says: Spousal Disagreement in Survey Measures of Bargaining Power. Kate Ambler, Cheryl Doss, Caitlin Kieran, and Simone Passarelli. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 69(2): 765-788. 2020. Also available as IFPRI Discussion Paper 01616. 2017.
Collective Action within the Household: Collective Action within the Household: Insights from Natural Resource Management. Cheryl Doss and Ruth Meinzen-Dick. World Development, 74: 171–183. 2015. (Also published as CAPRi Working Paper 117.)
Intrahousehold Bargaining and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries. Cheryl Doss. World Bank Research Observer,28:52-78. 2013.
The Effects of Intrahousehold Property Ownership on Expenditure Patterns in Ghana. Cheryl Doss. Journal of African Economies 15(1): 149-180. March 2006.
Conceptualizing and Measuring Bargaining Power within the Household. Cheryl Doss. In Karine Moe, editor, Women, Family and Work: Writings on the Economics of Gender. Wiley, 2002.
Is Risk Fully Pooled within the Household: Evidence from Ghana. Cheryl Doss. Economic Development and Cultural Change 50(1):101-130. October 2001.
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Ghana: The Impact of the Distribution of Asset Ownership within the Household. Cheryl Doss. In G.H. Peters and von Braun (eds), Food Security, Diversification and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture? Dartmouth Publishing, Aldershot, UK, 1999.
Testing Among Models of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation. Cheryl Doss. World Development 24(10): 1597-1609. October 1996.
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in an Uncertain Environment. Cheryl Doss. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(5): 1335-1339. December 1996.
Strengthening Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Through Intrahousehold Analysis: Discussion. Cheryl Doss and Benjamin Senauer. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 76(5): 1226-1228. Dec. 1994.
Methods for Data Collection for Gender Analysis
Measuring ownership, control, and use of assets. Cheryl Doss, Caitlin Kieran and Talip Kilic. Feminist Economics, 26(3): 144-168. (Also published as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8146, 2017).
Standards for Collecting Sex-Disaggregated Data for Gender Analysis: A Guide for CGIAR Researchers. Cheryl Doss and Caitlin Kieran. CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network. 2014.
Collecting Gender Disaggregated Data to Improve Development Policies. Cheryl Doss. Journal of African Economies, 23 (suppl 1):i62-i86. 2014.
Data Needs for Gender Analysis in Agriculture. Cheryl Doss. In: Gender in Agriculture and Food Security: Closing the Knowledge Gap. Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Terri Raney, Andre Croppenstedt, Julia A. Behrman, and Amber Peterman, Editors. Springer, 2014.
Lessons from the Field: Implementing Individual Asset Surveys in Ecuador, Ghana, India and Uganda. Cheryl Doss, Carmen Diana Deere, Suchitra J. Y., Abena D. Oduro, and Marya Hillesland. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Bangalore, India. 2011.
Gender and Asset Ownership: A Guide to Collecting Individual Level Data. Cheryl Doss, Caren Grown, and Carmen Diana Deere. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4704. Washington, DC. 2008.
Other
The Gender Division of Work across Countries. Charles Gottlieb, Cheryl Doss, Douglas Gollin, Markus Poschke. IZA Institute of Labor Economics. IZA DP No. 16896. March 2024.
Why a feminist ethics of care and socio-ecological justice lens matter for global, interdisciplinary research on weater security. Lata Narayanaswamy, Robert Ferritto, Marya Hillesland, Victoria Anker, Shivani Singhai, Rachael Marjorie Maysels, Amare Bantider, Katrina Charles, Cheryl Doss, Ashok Kumar, Anna Mdee, Sau-Mei Neo, Federico Pinzon, and Bamlaku T. Mengistu. Frontiers in Human Development. Sec. Environment, Politics and Society. Volume 5(1). 2023
Including both Equity and Efficiency Claims for International Development. Cheryl Doss. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue Canadienne d'études du Développement, 38:4, 553-557. 2017.
The AIDS epidemic: Challenges for Feminist Economics, Cheryl Doss and Cecelia Conrad. Feminist Economics, 14(4): October 2008.
AIDS, Gender and Economic Development. Cecelia Conrad and Cheryl Doss, eds. Routledge, 2011.
Overview, African Higher Education: Implications for Development. Cheryl Doss, Robert Evenson, and Nancy Ruther. Journal of Higher Education in Africa 2(1):1-14. 2004.
The Influence of Wetland Type and Wetland Proximity on Residential Property Values. Cheryl Doss and Steven Taff. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21(1):120-129. July 1996.
Special Issue of Journal of Higher Education in Africa, African Higher Education: Implications for Development. Cheryl Doss, Robert Evenson and Nancy Ruther, eds. 2004.
Issues in African Rural Development, Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Morrilton, Arkansas. Cheryl R. Doss and Carol Olson, eds. 1991.