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Neighborhood effects and social behavior: The case of irrigated and rainfed farmers in Bohol, the Philippines

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.022
 
Title Neighborhood effects and social behavior: The case of irrigated and rainfed farmers in Bohol, the Philippines
 
Creator Tsusaka, T W
Kajisa, K
Pede, V O
Aoyagi, K
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Artifactual field experiments, spatial econometrics, and household surveys are combined in a single study to investigate the neighborhood effects of social behaviors. The dictator and public goods games are conducted among rice farmers in irrigated and non-irrigated areas in the Philippines. We find the neighborhood effects but the magnitude and statistical significance of endogenous social effects vary with the irrigation availability, type of social behavior, and type of neighborhood. Altruistic and cooperative behaviors are significantly influenced by the behaviors of neighbors only in the irrigated area, where social ties are strengthened through collective irrigation management. Through this effect, irrigated farmers’ social behaviors become similar to those of one another. Neighborhood effects for cooperative behavior are stronger among farm plot neighbors than among residential neighbors, which may reflect their interactions in irrigation management. Although non-dynamic, these findings are consistent with the theory of social norm evolution through common pool resource management.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2015-10
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9091/1/Tsusaka%20et%20al%202015%20JEBO.pdf
Tsusaka, T W and Kajisa, K and Pede, V O and Aoyagi, K (2015) Neighborhood effects and social behavior: The case of irrigated and rainfed farmers in Bohol, the Philippines. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 118. pp. 227-246. ISSN 0167-2681