Does Relative Position Matter in Poor Societies?: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Rural Ethiopia

Date

Feb. 21, 2010

Authors

Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson, and Haileselassie Medhin

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Working Paper

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We investigated attitudes toward positionality among rural farmers in northern Ethiopia, using a tailored two-part survey experiment. On average, we found positional concerns neither in income per se,nor in income from aid projects among the farmers. These results support the claim that positional concerns are correlated with absolute level of income of a country.

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Africa

Authors

Alpaslan Akay

Peter Martinsson

Haileselassie Medhin

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