Economic investigation on the function of social network and the heterogeneity in rural society of Turkey

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25850158
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Agricultural science in rural society and development
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kusadokoro Motoi 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 講師 (90630145)
• Research Collaborator: MARU Takeshi 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 講師 (10721649) ; GÜLTEKIN Ufuk Ҫukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Assistant Professor
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的ネットワーク / 移住 / 労働市場 / 土地市場 / 経済格差 / トルコ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study conducted household survey with special focus on the relationship (social network) between farmers and agricultural workers in the irrigated area in Adana prefecture in Turkey with highly heterogeneous social structure. We quantified the social network of surveyed households using the data which capture the quantitative and qualitative aspects of network. The network of rural households is divided into one composed mainly of farmers and one composed mainly of agricultural workers. Under such environment, intermediaries served to mitigate the seasonal workers’ lack of a network with farmers and played a key role in the seasonal agricultural labor market of the area.

Free Research Field

農業経済学，開発経済学