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Estimating Social Norm Complementarities

Cheaheon Lim, Davide Viviano, Eliana La Ferrara

A model of norm choice with technological and conformity returns shows female genital cutting complements child marriage in Sierra Leone while polygyny substitutes for it in Nigeria.

arxiv:2605.15405 v1 · 2026-05-14 · econ.GN · q-fin.EC · stat.ME

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Social returns are significant across all specifications. For female genital cutting and child marriage, we find evidence of complementarities, especially strong in Sierra Leone. For polygyny and child marriage, we find evidence of social substitutability, particularly in Nigeria.

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The definition of complements, substitutes, or independent norms rests on how the equilibrium prevalence of one norm responds to a marginal shift in the utility of another, which depends on the structural form of the choice model and the assumption that observed prevalence reflects equilibrium play.

C3one line summary

A structural model of social norm choice with technological and social complementarities is estimated on repeated cross-section data from Sierra Leone and Nigeria, finding significant social returns and norm-specific patterns of complementarity or substitutability.

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[1] A Smooth Model of Decision Making under Ambiguity , urldate =

[2] The Econometric Analysis of Network Data , pages= 2020

[3] Demand estimation with strategic complementarities: Sanitation in Bangladesh , author=. 2019 , publisher= 2019

[4] American Economic Review , volume= 2007

[5] Review of Economic Studies , volume= 2024

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arxiv: 2605.15405 · arxiv_version: 2605.15405v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.15405 · pith_short_12: HDEOTARYSUAW · pith_short_16: HDEOTARYSUAWJNHT · pith_short_8: HDEOTARY

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