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1. Aspirations in Rural Pakistan: An
Empirical Analysis
Presented by
Katrina Kosec and Madeeha Hameed
December 13, 2012
2. Roadmap
1. Introduction
2. Background on Factors That May Affect
Aspirations
3. Correlates of Aspirations Levels
4. The Effects of Community Institutions and
Infrastructure on Aspirations
5. The Importance of Aspirations for Individuals’
Economic Decisions and Outcomes
6. Conclusions and Policy Implications
4. Rural Household Survey Sites and Details
• Survey carried out in 76
mauzas located in 19 districts
• 28 households surveyed per
mauza (total: 2,090 households
and 13,381 individuals)
• Includes individual- and
community-level surveys
• Respondents on aspirations
module:
– Head
– Spouse
– Youngest person aged 18-35
5. What We Mean by Aspirations
• To aspire: “to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal”
(Merriam-Webster 2012)
• Aspirations play an important role in decision-making (Camerer et
al. 1997); they help determine:
– Whether individuals make investments to better themselves
economically and socially (Ray 2004; Maertens 2012)
– Whether individuals engage in economic risk-taking (Mo 2012)
• Aspirations levels (low or high) may be determined by:
– External factors (e.g., community features, economic shocks)
– Aspirations window (set of individuals to whom one is exposed)
– Internal features and cognitive process (e.g., locus of control, trust,
self-esteem, risk aversion levels)
6. Why Aspirations Levels Are Important in
the Context of Rural Pakistan
• Pakistan has an extremely young population that will need to
find employment in the coming years
– The preponderance of youth is highest among the poor (in rural areas:
poorest per capita expenditure quintile has 4.0 children under 15,
richest has 1.2 children)
– An increasingly large proportion of the population is of working age
– A lack of economic opportunity and low aspirations may breed
poverty, slow growth, and extremism
• Two consecutive, major floods in the last 2.5 years have
hindered aspirations and provide renewed impetus to seek
strategies to raise aspirations levels
7. Existing Literature on Aspirations
• Reserved leadership positions for women in village councils in India
gender gap in aspirations closed by 20% in parents, 32% in adolescents
(Beaman, Duflo, Pande, and Topalova 2012)
• Aspirations in China are increasing in previous income and in peers’
income, but are negatively related to one’s self-assessment of well-being
(Knight and Gunatilaka 2012)
• Fatalism in Ethiopia lowers the demand for long-term loans and the use of
these loans for productive purposes (Bernard, Dercon, and Taffesse 2011)
• Communication with motivated and successful local leaders in
Nicaragua higher aspirations and investment in human capital (Macours
and Vakis 2009)
• A greater sense of control over one’s life higher high school graduation
and college attendance rates (Coleman and DeLeire 2003)
8. Goals of Analysis
• How high are aspirations levels in rural Pakistan, and how do
they vary across different types of individuals and
households?
• What external and internal factors, including cognitive
processes, help shape aspirations?
• What policies or community institutions might raise
aspirations levels?
• What are potential benefits associated with raising aspirations
levels?
9. Summary of Findings
• Aspirations levels are lower for:
– Women, compared to men
– The uneducated, compared to the educated
– The middle-aged (25-45), compared with the young (age 18-25)
– Agricultural wage laborers, compared to rural non-farm workers
• High-quality communities are linked to high
aspirations levels. Potential policy levers to raise
aspirations include:
– holding organized meetings of village residents
– improving confidence in the justice system
– improving road surfaces (from mud to other types)
– improving communications with and transportation to other localities
– Providing training through NGOs
10. Summary of Findings
• High aspirations levels are associated with real
economic effects:
– higher crop yields
– less pre- and post-harvest losses
– more savings
– more cash loans
– a greater propensity to operate a non-agricultural enterprise
• Policy Implications?
– Creating high-quality communities can potentially raise aspirations
levels
– Policy should target those suffering most from aspirations failures
(e.g., women, the uneducated)
11. Defining Aspirations
• We measure the aspirations level using an index similar to
that used by Beaman et al. (2012) and Bernard and Taffesse
(2012).
• Individuals are asked: “what is the level of _____ you would
like to achieve?” for four dimensions of aspirations:
– Income (Rs.)
– Assets (Rs.)
– Education level (recoded into years)
– Social status (1-10 on a ladder)
• Normalization: Answers are compared with district averages
(each district has ≈250 respondents, who come from 4
different mauzas). How many standard deviations is your
aspired level above (or below) the district average?
12. Defining Aspirations
• For a given individual, some dimensions of aspirations are
more important than others
• Individuals were asked to distribute 20 beans across the four
dimensions, according to importance. On average, we found:
20% Income
35% Assets
Education
24%
Social Status
21%
13. Defining Aspirations
• The aspirations level is a weighted sum of aspirations in four
dimensions
• Weights are individual-specific and determined by the
subjective importance one places on that dimension
4
𝑎 𝑖𝑛 − 𝜇 𝑛
𝑑
𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 = � ∙ 𝑤𝑛
𝑖
𝜎𝑛𝑑
𝑛=1
𝑎 𝑖𝑛
𝜇𝑛 𝑑
the aspired outcome of individual i on dimension n
𝜎 𝑛𝑑
the average aspired outcome in district d for dimension n
𝑤𝑛 𝑖
the standard deviation (S.D.) of aspired outcomes in district d for dimension n
the weight individual i places on dimension n
14. Defining Aspirations
• Summary, to keep in mind:
– The aspirations level is increasing in the amounts of
income, assets, education, and social status one aspires to
have
– The weight placed on each of these four outcomes in
determining the aspirations level is based on its relative
importance for that person (i.e. the individual determines
how much weight we place on each outcome)
– Given our normalization, 0 indicates an aspirations level
that is average for one’s district, <0 means below average,
and >0 means above average
16. External Factors
Average Male – Some Education
Factor
(0 – 100%) Female – No Education
Access to Security (based on 14 Qs) 53% +2% -1%
Access to Justice (based on 8 Qs) 56% +2% +1%
Access to Safety Nets (Formal and
Informal; based on 8 Qs)
54% +2% +0%
Are there organized community
meetings to discuss issues/ events?
63% — —
Is there a railway station within
walking distance?
16% — —
Internal roads usually made of mud? 52% — —
External roads usually made of mud? 20% — —
Distance to nearest post office 6.7 km — —
17. Internal and Cognitive Factors
Average Male – Some Education
Factor
(0 – 100%) Female – No Education
Internal Locus of Control 40% 5% 4%
Self-esteem 52% 2% 3%
Religiosity 49% 7% 6%
Trust 51% 3% -2%
Rivalry/ Envy 42% -5% -8%
Poverty Seen as Due to External
Factors
58% 1% 0%
Openness to Change 39% 1% 4%
Extremely Risk Averse (Prefer 125 Rs.
for sure to any of four lotteries)
51% 13% 0%
19. Our Measure of Aspirations
• Keep in mind:
– The aspirations level is increasing in the amounts of
income, assets, education, and social status one aspires to
have
– Given our normalization, 0 indicates an aspirations level
that is average for one’s district, <0 means below average,
and >0 means above average
20. The Sample Distribution of Aspirations Levels
• Vertical lines appear at 1 S.D. below and 1 S.D. above
the mean (75% of people’s aspirations lie within 1 S.D.
of the mean – the shaded area)
Mean aspirations
level: 0.06
S.D. of aspirations
level: 0.64
21. Aspirations Levels by Gender
• Significant gender gap: The average woman has an
aspirations level 0.7 S.D. lower than that of men.
.8
.6
Density
.4
.2
0
-2 0 2 4 6
Aspirations level (4-component index)
Male Female
22. Aspirations Levels by Education Level
• Education gap: the uneducated have an aspirations level
that is 0.8 S.D. lower than that of those with education.
.8
.6
Density
.4
.2
0
-2 0 2 4 6
Aspirations level (4-component index)
Some education No education
23. Aspirations Levels by Per Capita
Household Expenditure
• Per capita expenditure gap: The bottom 40% has an
aspirations level 0.3 S.D. lower than that of the top 60%.
.8
.6
Density
.4
.2
0
-2 0 2 4 6
Aspirations level (4-component index)
Bottom two quintiles Top three quintiles
25. Correlations of Aspirations Levels with
Internal and Cognitive Processes
Dep. Variable: Aspirations level (score on 4-component index)
Cognitive variable considered: Coefficient (S.E.) N R2
Internal locus of control (SD=0.43) 0.107 3442 0.29
(0.025)***
Self-esteem (SD=0.49) 0.148 3455 0.30
(0.020)***
Religiosity (SD=0.54) 0.047 3454 0.29
(0.020)**
Trust (SD=0.60) 0.057 2052 0.35
(0.021)***
Rivalry/ envy (SD=0.85) -0.058 3413 0.29
(0.012)***
Poverty seen as due to external factors (SD=0.41) -0.113 3457 0.29
(0.025)***
Openness to change (SD=0.44) 0.031 2461 0.33
(0.025)
In most risk averse category (mean=0.52) -0.052 3455 0.29
(0.020)**
26. Increase in Aspirations Level Associated with
Changes in Internal and Cognitive Processes
(An additional 1500
Rs./person/month) 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10
1 S.D. increase in expenditure per capita
1 S.D. increase in internal locus of control
1 S.D. increase in self-esteem
Mean aspirations
1 S.D. increase in religiosity level: 0.06
1 S.D. increase in trust S.D. of aspirations
level: 0.64
1 S.D. decrease in rivalry/ envy
1 S.D. decrease - pov. external
Dummy - extremely risk averse
27. 4. The Effects of Community Institutions
and Infrastructure on Aspirations
28. Effects of Community Institutions and
Infrastructure on Aspirations
Dep. Variable: Aspirations level (score on 4-component index)
Community variable considered Coeff. (SE) N R2
Organized meetings of residents to discuss issues/events 0.103 3461 0.35
(0.027)***
Access to justice score (average of 8 normalized variables) 0.044 2578 0.37
(0.024)*
Is there a railway station within walking distance? 0.124 3461 0.35
(0.038)***
Distance to the nearest post office in 2012 (Km) -0.004 3461 0.35
(0.002)***
Most common road surface type of external roads is mud -0.098 3461 0.35
(0.027)***
Most common road surface type of internal roads is mud -0.046 3461 0.35
(0.026)*
Number of NGOs from which you have received training 0.078 3461 0.35
(0.046)*
Do you have relatives who live in another district? 0.081 5753 0.40
(0.031)***
Do you have relatives who live in another province? 0.108 5749 0.40
(0.047)**
29. Increase in Aspirations Associated with Changes
in Community Institutions and Infrastructure
(An additional 1500
Rs./person/month) 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12 0.14
1 S.D. increase in expenditure per capita
Having organized village meetings
1 S.D. increase in access to justice
Having a railway station walking distance
1 S.D. decrease in distance to post office
Mean aspirations
Dummy - internal roads not mud
level: 0.06
Dummy - external roads not mud
S.D. of aspirations
Training from an additional NGO level: 0.64
Dummy - Has relatives in another district
Dummy - Has relatives in another province
30. 5. The Importance of Aspirations for
Individuals’ Economic Decisions and
Outcomes
31. Importance of Aspirations Levels for
Economic Decisions and Outcomes
Variable Mean S.D. N
Panel A: Input choice
HH expenditure on seeds per acre cultivated 2507 3606 1,657
HH expenditure on pesticide and weedicide per acre cultivated 2308 3088 1,657
HH expenditure on fertilizer per acre cultivated 8760 8671 1,657
Panel B: Crop yields
Cotton harvested per acre planted (10s of 40 Kg. bags) 1.77 1.08 510
Wheat harvested per acre planted (10s of 40 Kg. bags) 2.88 1.13 1,259
Wheat lost (pre- or post-harvest) as a share of wheat kept 0.10 0.50 1,259
Panel C: Financial and economic decisions
Savings as a share of monthly expenditure 0.15 1.27 3,528
Cash loans outstanding as share of yearly expenditure 0.31 0.57 1,097
Individual migrated outside the village in the last twelve months 0.09 0.29 3,528
Individual's household operates a non-agricultural enterprise 0.16 0.37 3,528
32. Importance of Aspirations Levels for
Agricultural Input Expenditures
• 1 S.D. increase in aspirations 4% higher expenditure
on fertilizer per acre cultivated
• No effect on seeds expenditure
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Household expenditure
Household Household expenditure
on pesticide and
expenditure on seeds on fertilizer per acre
weedicide per acre
per acre cultivated cultivated
cultivated
Aspirations level -52.242 62.372 156.644 127.187 621.439 575.356
(98.78) (117.49) (90.74)* (107.24) (272.17)** (331.71)*
Observations 1,646 1,621 1,646 1,621 1,646 1,621
R-squared 0.11 0.13 0.33 0.37 0.27 0.33
Full set of controls? No Yes No Yes No Yes
33. Importance of Aspirations Levels for Crop
Yields and Pre- and Post-Harvest Losses
• 1 S.D. increase in aspirations higher cotton yields (4-9%)
and less pre- & post-harvest wheat loss (30% less)
• No effects on wheat yields
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
All Landowners Tenants
Panel A: Cotton harvested per acre planted (10’s of 40 kg. bags)
Aspirations level (index score) 0.117 0.124 0.116 0.121 0.089 0.236
(0.06)** (0.07)* (0.06)* (0.07)* (0.11) (0.11)**
Observations 505 496 405 400 100 96
R-squared 0.38 0.42 0.28 0.34 0.72 0.86
Panel B: Wheat lost (pre- or post-harvest) as a share of wheat harvested and kept
Aspirations level (index score) -0.037 -0.047 -0.011 -0.017 -0.176 -0.183
(0.020)* (0.024)* (0.009) (0.014) (0.144) (0.121)
Observations 1249 1227 1001 986 248 241
R-squared 0.10 0.16 0.12 0.20 0.10 0.46
Full set of controls? No Yes No Yes No Yes
34. Importance of Aspirations Levels for
Financial and Economic Outcomes
• 1 S.D. increase in aspirations 44% more savings & 26%
more loans as a share of expenditures; an 11% increase
in operation of non-agricultural enterprises
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Cash loans Migrated Household
Total savings as a
outstanding as outside the operates a non-
share of monthly
share of yearly village, last 12 agricultural
expenditure
expenditure months enterprise
Aspirations level 0.144 0.104 0.102 0.128 -0.001 -0.001 0.023 0.026
(0.044)*** (0.052)** (0.04)** (0.06)** (0.01) (0.007) (0.01)** (0.012)**
Observations 3,515 3,462 1,088 1,071 3,515 3,462 3,515 3,462
R-squared 0.02 0.04 0.08 0.13 0.54 0.57 0.05 0.08
Full set of
controls? No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
36. Summary of Findings
• Large numbers of rural Pakistanis feel they lack access to
basic services like security, justice, and social safety nets
• Aspirations levels are lower for women, the uneducated, and
agricultural wage laborers
• Internal factors such as an internal locus of control, high
self-esteem, religiosity, trust, envy, and a sense of poverty
being due to external factors are strongly correlated with
aspirations
• Higher aspirations are associated with higher crop yields, less
pre- and post-harvest loss, more savings, more cash loans
(likely indicating greater access to and use of credit), and a
greater propensity to operate a non-agricultural enterprise
37. Policy Implications
• Our research suggests a number of potential policy
levels that could be used to raise aspirations:
– Holding organized meetings of village residents
– Improving confidence in the justice system
– Improving road surfaces (from mud to other types)
– Improving communications with and transportation to
other localities
– Providing training through NGOs
• Policy should target those suffering most from
aspirations failures (e.g., women, the uneducated)
38. Directions for Future Research
• Conducting motivational field experiments that
exogenously vary aspirations levels to address
endogeneity problems and pinpoint effective
strategies for raising aspirations
• Examining the direct impacts of climate change and
natural disasters on aspirations formation among the
rural poor
• Performing governance experiments that shed light
on the potential causal effects of different
institutional arrangements on aspirations levels