The Role of Social Ties in Factor Allocation

The Role of Social Ties in Factor Allocation

This paper investigates whether social structure helps or hinders factor allocation using unusually rich data from The Gambia. Evidence indicates that land available for cultivation is allocated unequally across households; and that factor transfer...

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Main Authors: Beck, Ulrik, Bjerge, Benedikte, Fafchamps, Marcel
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
SOCIAL NETWORKS
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
LAND MARKET
FACTOR MARKET
KINSHIP
SOCIAL DIVISION
LAND TRANSACTIONS
INEQUALITY
LAND DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/625951519134631616/The-role-of-social-ties-in-factor-allocation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29403

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/625951519134631616/The-role-of-social-ties-in-factor-allocation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29403

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