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Replication Data for: It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption

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Title Replication Data for: It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NOYBCQ
 
Creator Ferrali, Romain
Grossman, Guy
Platas, Melina R.
Rodden, Jonathan
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Do social networks matter for the adoption of new forms of political participation? We
develop a formal model showing that the quality of communication that takes place in
social networks is central to understanding whether a community will adopt forms of
political participation where benefits are uncertain and where there are positive
externalities associated with participation. Early adopters may exaggerate benefits,
leading others to discount information about the technology's value. Thus, peer effects
are likely to emerge only where informal institutions support truthful communication.
We collect social network data for sixteen Ugandan villages where an innovative
mobile-based reporting platform was introduced. Consistent with our model, we find
variation across villages in the extent of peer effects on technology adoption, as well as
evidence supporting additional observable implications. Impediments to social diffusion
may help explain the varied uptake of new and increasingly common political
communication technologies around the world.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Networks
Political communication
ICT
Public goods
 
Contributor Ferrali, Romain
United States Agency for International Development
Innovations for Poverty Action
 
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