VIllage Economics and the Structure of Extended Family Networks
Published By: BREAD on eSS | Published Date: July, 23 , 2009This 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, within-village extended family networks in 504 poor rural villages are constructed. 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.
Author(s): Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo de Giorgi, Marcos A Rangel, Imran Rasul | Posted on: Nov 23, 2009 | Views(1412) | Download (670)