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Peer Effects in the Demand for Property Rights: Experimental Evidence from Urban Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorCollin, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T21:15:04Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T21:15:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the presence of endogenous peer effects in the adoption of formal property rights. Using data from a unique land titling experiment held in an unplanned settlement in Dar es Salaam, the analysis finds a strong, positive impact of neighbor adoption on the household's choice to purchase a land title. The paper also shows that this relationship holds in a separate, identical experiment held a year later in a nearby community, as well as in administrative data for more than 160,000 land parcels in the same city. Although the exact channel is undetermined, the evidence points toward complementarities in the reduction in expropriation risk, as peer effects are strongest between households living close to each other and there is some evidence that peer effects are strongest for households most concerned with expropriation. The results show that, within the Tanzanian context, households will reinforce each other’s decisions to enter formal tenure systems.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/319671502392393212/Peer-effects-in-the-demand-for-property-rights-experimental-evidence-from-urban-Tanzania
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8163
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27970
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8163
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectUNPLANNED SETTLEMENTS
dc.subjectPEER EFFECTS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.titlePeer Effects in the Demand for Property Rightsen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Urban Tanzaniaen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titlePeer Effects in the Demand for Property Rights: Experimental Evidence from Urban Tanzania
okr.date.disclosure2017-08-10
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/319671502392393212/Peer-effects-in-the-demand-for-property-rights-experimental-evidence-from-urban-Tanzania
okr.guid319671502392393212
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8163
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27893587
okr.identifier.reportWPS8163
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/319671502392393212/pdf/WPS8163.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryTanzania
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okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Land Use and Policies
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Urban Housing and Land Settlements
okr.topicLaw and Development::Real & Intellectual Property Law
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Land Administration
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.unitGovernance Global Practice Group
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