Links and Architecture in Village Networks

Pramila Krishnan and Emanuela Sciubba

No 614, Birkbeck Working Papers in Economics and Finance from Birkbeck, Department of Economics, Mathematics & Statistics

Abstract: This paper provides a theoretical framework of endogenous network formation that yields testable predictions for the network architectures generated by a particular informal institution common in village economies. We test the implications of the model on data from rural Ethiopia. In contrast to the current literature, we demonstrate the critical role of both number of links and architecture in determining the impact of social networks on outcomes. Social capital matters, but its impact differs by the architecture of the network to which one belongs.

Keywords: Endogenous network formation; social networks; rural institutions. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 O12 O17 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-net and nep-soc
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