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Gendered Misallocation of Labor: Evidence From Malawian Farmers

NCT06631768 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 989

Last updated 2025-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial across districts in Malawi to evaluate the effect of providing free casual labor to pregnant farmers and female farmers on agricultural output, maternal and child health outcomes, child development, and social networks.

Conditions

  • Maternal and Child Health Outcomes

Interventions

OTHER

Casual labor subsidy

Eligible participants will be offered a voucher that can be redeemed for a set number of days of agricultural labor from casual laborers hired by local One Acre Fund offices. Casual laborers receive standard training in line with the trainings currently offered by the organization to participating farmers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nicholas Rahim

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gabriella Fleischman · Harvard Kennedy School

  • Nicholas Rahim · Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-16
Primary Completion
2025-09-07
Completion
2025-09-07

Countries

  • Malawi

Study Locations

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