Les réseaux sociaux sont un moyen moderne de communiquer très efficacement avec le plus grand nombre de personnes. Twitter en particulier permet de diffuser des informations textuelles au public instantanément, et à partir de n'importe quel endroit grâce aux smartphones. Lorsque des catastrophes naturelles surviennent, il est alors possible d'explo...
Trust and participation in social networks are inherently interrelated. We make use of India's demonetization policy, an unexpected and unforeseeable exogenous variation, to causally identify the effect of social networks in determining trust. We use first-hand quantitative and qualitative data from rural South India and control for individual char...
Fondé en 2013, le mouvement contestataire, le Balai citoyen, est reconnu comme ayant été un acteur majeur de l'insurrection qui a abouti à la chute du président Blaise Compaoré en octobre 2014 au Burkina Faso. Plusieurs éléments, notamment générationnels, politiques et socio-économiques, ont permis la mise en place de ce mouvement et motivent ses a...
Ethnic inequality remains a persistent challenge for Viet Nam. This paper aims at better understanding this ethnic gap through exploring the formation of risk sharing networks in rural areas. It first investigates the differences in risk sharing networks between the ethnic minorities and the Kinh majority, in terms of size and similarity attributes...
Ethnic inequality remains a persistent challenge for Viet Nam. This paper aims at better understanding this ethnic gap through exploring the formation of risk sharing networks in rural areas. It first investigates the differences in risk sharing networks between the ethnic minorities and the Kinh majority, in terms of size and similarity attributes...
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The demonetisation that occurred in India in November 2016 has created an unprecedented shock. Among other objectives, the measure has been presented as an efficient mean to promote a less cash economy in order to formalise the economy and to promote social protection. Drawing on ground-breaking data collected in rural south-India, this note expres...
