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

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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Year of publication:	2010-02-22
Authors:	Akay, Alpaslan ; Martinsson, Peter ; Medhin, Haileselassie
Subject:	Ethiopia \| relative income \| positional concern

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	C90 - Design of Experiments. General ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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