Social networks and economic transformation: Evidence from a resettled village in Brazil
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Université Paris-Saclay
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 UNIBE - Universität Bern / University of Bern
5 UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
6 IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 UNIBE - Universität Bern / University of Bern
5 UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
6 IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
Carla Inguaggiato
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1381272
- ORCID : 0000-0002-6334-4375
Résumé
We study the role of social learning in the diffusion of cash crops in a resettled village economy in Brazil. We combine detailed geo-coded data on farming plots with dyadic data on social ties among settlers, and we leverage the variation in network formation induced by the landless workers' movement land occupation. By using longitudinal data on farming decisions over 15 years, we find evidence of significant peer effects in the decision to farm new cash fruits (pineapple and passion fruit). Our results suggest that social diffusion is heterogeneous along observed plot and crop characteristics, i.e. farmers growing water-sensitive crop are more likely to respond to the actions of peers with similar water access conditions.
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Social networks and economic transformation: Evidence from a resettled village in Brazil
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Résumé |
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We study the role of social learning in the diffusion of cash crops in a resettled village economy in Brazil. We combine detailed geo-coded data on farming plots with dyadic data on social ties among settlers, and we leverage the variation in network formation induced by the landless workers' movement land occupation. By using longitudinal data on farming decisions over 15 years, we find evidence of significant peer effects in the decision to farm new cash fruits (pineapple and passion fruit). Our results suggest that social diffusion is heterogeneous along observed plot and crop characteristics, i.e. farmers growing water-sensitive crop are more likely to respond to the actions of peers with similar water access conditions.
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Auteur(s) |
Margherita Comola
1, 2, 3
, Carla Inguaggiato
4, 5
, Mariapia Mendola
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Université Paris-Saclay
( 419361 )
- Bâtiment Bréguet, 3 Rue Joliot Curie 2e ét, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette
- France
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
UNIBE -
Universität Bern / University of Bern
( 236940 )
- Hochschulstrasse 4 - CH-3012 Bern
- Suisse
5
UNIMIB -
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
( 60273 )
- Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo, 1 - 20126, Milano
- Italie
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IZA -
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
( 237214 )
- Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9 D-53113 Bonn Germany
- Allemagne
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Date de publication |
2024-05
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Volume |
221
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Page/Identifiant |
17-34
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Mots-clés |
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Technology adoption, Agrarian reform, Social networks, Peer effects, Brazil
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.03.001 |
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