Matching in Rural Producer Organizations

Jean-Louis Leslie Arcand () and Marcel Fafchamps ()

No 200626, Working Papers from CERDI

Abstract: Using a rich dataset from West Africa we study the determinants of membership in rural producer organizations (RPO). We …nd that on average it is the more fortunate members of rural society who belong in RPOs. In Senegal, the dominant criteria are land ownership. In Burkina Faso it is economic status and family ties with village authorities. Ethnicity also plays a role: RPO membership is less likely for ethnic groups that traditionally emphasize livestock raising. We also look for evidence of assortative matching along multiple dimensions. To this e¤ect we develop an original methodology based on dyadic regressions. We …nd robust evidence of assortative matching by physical and ethnic proximity as well as by wealth and social status.

Keywords: Africa; group membership; keywords: matching; rural producer organizations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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