Does social capital affect investment in human capital? Family ties and schooling decisions

被引：5
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作者：
Di Falco, Salvatore [1 ]
Bulte, Erwin [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Geneva, Geneva Sch Econ & Management, Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Wageningen Univ, Dev Econ Grp, NL-6700 AP Wageningen, Netherlands
来源：
APPLIED ECONOMICS | 2015年 / 47卷 / 02期
关键词：
Africa; kinship; extended family; moral economy; investments; ADOPTION; KINSHIP; NETWORKS; IMPACT; PERFORMANCE; COMMITMENT; EVOLUTION; ALTRUISM; INCOME;
D O I：
10.1080/00036846.2014.967383
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We analyse whether traditional sharing norms within kinship networks affect education decisions of poor black households in KwaZulu-Natal. Theory predicts that the size of the kinship network ambiguously impacts on the incentive to invest in human capital (due to opposing 'empathy' and 'free-rider' effects). Our empirical analysis, based on a range of different estimators, suggests the latter effect dominates: forced solidarity within the network discourages investments in human capital.
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页码：195 / 205
页数：11
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