Social networks and factor markets: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia

Kibrom Abay, Goytom Kahsay and Guush Berhane

No 68, ESSP working papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: We investigate the role of an indigenous social network in Ethiopia, the iddir, in facilitating factor market transactions among smallholder farmers. Using detailed longitudinal household survey data and employing a difference-in-differences approach, we find that iddir membership improves households’ access to factor markets.

Keywords: social networks; Ethiopia; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Journal Article: Social Networks and Factor Markets: Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia (2018)
Working Paper: Social Networks and Factor Markets: Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia (2015)
Working Paper: Social Networks and Factor Markets: Panel Data Evidence from Ethiopia (2014)
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