Does Positional Concern Matter in Poor Societies? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Rural Ethiopia

We investigate attitudes toward positionality among rural farmers in Northern Ethiopia using a survey experiment. On average, we find very low positional concerns both for income per se and for income from aid projects. The results support the claim that positional concerns are positively correlated with absolute level of income. The implications of our results on implementation of aid projects are discussed.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Akay, Alpaslan ; Martinsson, Peter ; Medhin, Haileselassie
Published in:	World Development. - Elsevier, ISSN 0305-750X. - Vol. 40.2012, 2, p. 428-435
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Africa \| Ethiopia \| positional concern \| relative income \| survey experiment

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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