Thesis
Essays in development economics: land rights, ethnicity and birth order
- Abstract:
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Aside from the introduction and conclusion, this thesis comprises four core chapters: The first chapter 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, Tanzania. I show a strong, positive impact of neighbour adoption on the household’s choice to purchase a land title. I also show that this relationship holds in a separate, identical experiment h...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2012
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:8854
- Deposit date:
- 2014-08-01
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Collin, M
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available in ORA.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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