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

被引：5

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.

引用

页码：195 / 205

页数：11

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