| Budget Amount *help |
¥12,350,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,850,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project examined how the structure of social networks affects economic development of less developed countries, using quantitative analysis based on social experiments and micro-data at the household and firm level in Ethiopia and Indonesia. We conducted social experiments in order to estimate causal effects more accurately. In summary, we find that while social networks substantially affect technology diffusion, the network structure affects the effectiveness of diffusion. In particular, we find that networks which embody both dense and strong ties within the community and weak ties with outsiders are more effective than small-world networks. The results have been published in 6 papers and presented in seminars to non-academic audience.
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