@article{Mosa:332724,
      recid = {332724},
      author = {Mosa, Abdulaziz and Siddig, Khalid and Grethe, Harald},
      title = {Time use for home activities, market activities and  leisure in Ethiopia: economy-wide effects of improved  efficiency},
      address = {2016},
      year = {2016},
      note = {Presented at the 19th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Washington DC, USA},
      abstract = {Water fetching and firewood collection are among home  activities which are part of the daily routine of many  households in rural Ethiopia. Households spend large  amounts of time for collecting water and firewood.  Furthermore, water fetchers and firewood collectors are  mostly agricultural laborers in Ethiopia. Fetching water  and firewood reduce labor available for market related  activities such as agriculture which affects productivity  of these sectors negatively. Better access to water and  energy services is expected to release labor for market  related activities which can have economy wide impacts.  This study investigates the economy wide effects of  improved efficiency of water fetching and firewood  collection activities. The study uses the 2004/05 Social  Accounting Matrix (SAM) of Ethiopia which is updated and  adjusted for the purpose of this study. The SAM is modified  to account for a detailed representation of water fetching,  firewood collection and leisure activities and commodities.  Distinct water fetching, firewood collection and leisure  activities are added to the SAM in accordance with  household classification.  The simulation scenario is an  increase in the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of both  water fetching and firewood collection activities due to  better access to water and energy services. In the same  scenario, government’s deficit is increased to finance the  cost of water and energy infrastructure. The simulation  results indicate that employment of labour in agriculture,  industry and service activities increased as a result of  relocating the released labour from water fetching and  firewood collection. This stimulates production in the  destination sectors that leads to higher total domestic  production and overall welfare is improved. Macro-economic  indicators including GDP, total absorptions and export  supply also increased as a result of better access to water  and energy services.  .},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332724},
}