Consumption Patterns in Extended Families : The Role of Guests in African Economies.

This paper proposes to explain why there are so many guests in African households and to determine the consequences on individual behaviors. The starting point is the assumption that there exists, in traditional societies, a norm, together with a system of sanctions, which states that within the family group (the extended family) everyone should receive the same share of the wealth produced by the group.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Rapoport, B.
Institutions:	Centre de recherche de mathématiques et économie mathématique (CERMSEM), Centre d'Économie de la Sorbonne
Subject:	DEMAND \| CONSUMPTION \| HOUSEHOLD \| FAMILY

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Series:	Papiers d'Economie Mathématique et Applications.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	39 pages
Classification:	C78 - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory ; D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; D31 - Personal Income, Wealth and Their Distributions ; D64 - Altruism ; D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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