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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices : experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on the consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that those groups that observe each other show lower within group standard deviation in their decisions. Thus, we find evidence for...

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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices : experimental evidence

Sakha, Sahra; Grohmann, Antonia - 2016

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Can peers improve agricultural productivity?

Songsermsawas, Tisorn; Baylis, Kathy; Chhatre, Ashwini; … - 2014

Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique Indian household survey, we estimate peer effects on agricultural revenue. Results show that 60% of farmers' revenue is explained by peers. Input expenditures and land allocation to...

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The family peer effect on mothers' labour supply

Nicoletti, Cheti; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2016

The documented historical rise in female labour force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full-time has steadily increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers' working hours is amplified through the influence of...

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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015 - Updated version

This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that observing groups show lower within group standard deviation. Thus, we provide evidence for conformity. Further, we find that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041128

Does the rotten child spoil his companion? : spatial peer effects among children in rural India

Helmers, Christian; Patnam, Manasa - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 5 (2014) 1, pp. 67-121

This paper identifies the effect of neighborhood peer groups on childhood skill acquisition using observational data. We incorporate spatial peer interaction, defined as a child’s nearest geographical neighbors, into a production function of child cognitive development in Andhra Pradesh,...

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Consumption peer effects and utility needs in India

Lewbel, Arthur; Norris, Samuel; Pendakur, Krishna; Qu, Xi - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 3, pp. 1257-1295

We construct a peer effects model where mean expenditures of consumers in one's peer group affect utility through perceived consumption needs. We provide a novel method for obtaining identification in social interactions models like ours, using ordinary survey data, where very few members of...

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Personality and smoking : individual-participant meta-analysis of 9 cohort studies

Hakulinen, Christian; Hintsanen, Mirka; Munafò, Marcus R. - 2015

Aims: To investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between personality and smoking, and test whether …-smoker, and never smoker), smoking initiation, smoking relapse, and smoking cessation. Associations between personality and ….87-0.96). Sociodemographic variables did not appear to modify the associations between personality and smoking. Conclusions: Adult smokers have …

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Peer effects on obesity in a sample of European children

Gwozdz, Wencke; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso; Reisch, Lucia A.; … - 2015

This study analyzes peer effects on childhood obesity using data from the first two waves of the IDEFICS study, which applies several anthropometric and other measures of fatness to approximately 14,000 children aged two to nine participating in both waves in 16 regions of eight European...

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Peer effects, fast food consumption and adolescent weight gain

Fortin, Bernard; Yazbeck, Myra - 2015

This paper aims at opening the black box of peer effects in adolescent weight gain. Using Add Health data on secondary schools in the U.S., we investigate whether these partly flow through the eating habits channel. Adolescents are assumed to interact through a friendship social network. We...

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