Angelucci, M.;
De Giorgi, G.;
Rangel, M.;
Rasul, I.;
(2009)
Village economies and the structure of extended family networks.
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
, 9
(1)
p. 44.
10.2202/1935-1682.2291.
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Abstract
This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and inequality of the village of residence. Using the Hispanic naming convention, we construct within-village extended family networks in 504 poor rural villages. Family networks are larger (both in the number of members and as a share of the village population) and out-migration is lower the poorer and the less unequal the village of residence. Our results are consistent with the extended family being a source of informal insurance to its members.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Village economies and the structure of extended family networks |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2202/1935-1682.2291 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1935-1682.2291 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright 2009 The Berkeley Electronic Press |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/18425 |
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