| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP13507 |
| DP13507 Endogenous Information Sharing and the Gains from Using Network Information to Maximize Technology Adoption | |
| Kyle Emerick; Erin Kelley; Alain De Janvry; Elisabeth Sadoulet | |
| 发表日期 | 2019-02-04 |
| 出版年 | 2019 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Can agents in a social network be induced to obtain information from outside their peer groups? Using a field experiment in rural Bangladesh, we show that demonstration plots in agriculture - a technique where the first users of a new variety cultivate it in a side-by-side comparison with an existing variety - facilitate social learning by inducing conversations and information sharing outside of existing social networks. We compare these improvements in learning with those from seeding new technology with more central farmers in village social networks. The demonstration plots - when cultivated by randomly selected farmers - improve knowledge by just as much as seeding with more central farmers. Moreover, the demonstration plots only induce conversations and facilitate learning for farmers that were unconnected to entry points at baseline. Finally, we combine this diffusion experiment with an impact experiment to show that both demonstration plots and improved seeding transmit information to farmers that are less likely to benefit from the new innovation. |
| 主题 | Development Economics |
| 关键词 | Technology adoption agriculture Social learning |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp13507 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/542324 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kyle Emerick,Erin Kelley,Alain De Janvry,et al. DP13507 Endogenous Information Sharing and the Gains from Using Network Information to Maximize Technology Adoption. 2019. |
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