As Good as the Networks They Keep? Improving Outcomes through Weak Ties in Rural Uganda

B-Tier
Journal: Economic Development & Cultural Change
Year: 2018
Volume: 66
Issue: 4
Pages: 755 - 792

Authors (2)

Kathryn N. Vasilaky (not in RePEc) Kenneth L. Leonard (University of Maryland)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We examine an intervention randomized at the village level in which female farmers invited to a single training session were randomly paired with farmers whom they did not know and encouraged to share new agricultural information throughout the growing season for a recently adopted cash crop. We show that the intervention significantly increased the productivity of all farmers except those who were already in the highest quintile of productivity and that there were significant spillovers in productivity to male farmers.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/697430
Journal Field
Development
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25