The Role of Social Ties in Factor Allocation
We investigate 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 transfers are more common between neighbors, co-ethnics, and kinship-...
Main Authors: | Beck, Ulrik, Bjerge, Benedikte, Fafchamps, Marcel |
---|---|
Format: | Journal Article |
Published: |
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2021
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35416 |
Similar Items
-
The Role of Social Ties in Factor Allocation
by: Beck, Ulrik, et al.
Published: (2018) -
Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
by: Ravallion, Martin, et al.
Published: (2014) -
Trust or Property Rights? Can Trusted Relationships Substitute for Costly Land Registration in West African Cities?
by: Letrouit, Lucie, et al.
Published: (2020) -
Women's Access to Land in Kenya
by: Harrington, Andrew
Published: (2012) -
Firm-Level Input Distortion in Indian States
by: Chaurey, Ritam, et al.
Published: (2022)