The Fetters of the SIB : An Experimental Study in Burkina Faso

We conducted a field experiment in Burkina Faso to investigate the impact of sharing obligations within kin networks on entrepreneurial effort. The overall treatment effect we find is insignificant and goes in the opposite direction than previous literature suggests. Ex-post explorative analysis reveals that entrepreneurs in the two experimental groups reacted differently in their production process, with some entrepreneurs in the treatment group being able to utilize their kin network to their joint advantage

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Year of publication:	[2021]
Authors:	Rustiarini, Ni Wayan ; Hadnes, Myriam ; Nilgen, Marco ; Kosfeld, Michael
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Experiment \| Burkina Faso \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (29 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 14147
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.3798900 [DOI]
Classification:	C93 - Field Experiments ; D13 - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation ; H24 - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies ; H26 - Tax Evasion ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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