Conflict displacement and technology adoption: evidence on agricultural households in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mathieu Sanch-Maritan and Lionel Vedrine ()
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Mathieu Sanch-Maritan: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement
Lionel Vedrine: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement

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Abstract: This study deals with the literature about the impact of conflict-induced displacement. The aim of this paper is to study the link between conflict-induced displacement and under adoption of agricultural technologies. We exploit data from Bosnian household survey for year 2001. To account for endogeneity in the displacement status, we exploit the heterogeneity of the level of violence in the pre-war location. This level likely affected the displacement decision is disconnected from economic performance. We find evidence that displaced household are less likely to adopt fertilizer relative to stayers. Land tenure issue for displaced people in Bosnia are the most plausible candidates to explain under adoption. Finally, we draw some implications to guide design of political economy.

Keywords: forced displacement; bosnian civil war; LSMS survey; technology adoption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-06-16
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Published in 63. Annual Meeting of the French Economic Association (AFSE), Association Française de Science Economique (AFSE). FRA.; Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - Clermont Auvergne (CERDI). FRA., Jun 2014, Lyon, France. 32 p

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