Social networks and factor markets: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia

Abay, Kibrom A.; Kahsay, Goytom A.; Berhane, Guush

Social networks and factor markets: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia

Autores

Abay, Kibrom A.

Kahsay, Goytom A.

Berhane, Guush

Editor

International Food Policy Research Institute
Ethiopian Development Research Institute

Descripción

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.