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Social ties and the efficiency of factor transfers
Beck, Ulrik; Bjerge, Benedikte; Fafchamps, Marcel - 2015
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The tragedy of the commons, livestock cycles and sustainability
Fafchamps, Marcel - In: Journal of African economies 7 (1998) 3, pp. 384-423
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Do politicians' relatives get better jobs? : evidence from municipal elections
Fafchamps, Marcel; Labonne, Julien - 2014
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Do politicians' relatives get better jobs? : evidence from municipal elections
Fafchamps, Marcel; Labonne, Julien - In: The journal of law, economics, & organization 33 (2017) 2, pp. 268-300
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Family networks and distributive politics
Fafchamps, Marcel; Labonne, Julien - 2016
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Extended family and kinship networks : economic insights and evolutionary directions
Cox, Donald; Fafchamps, Marcel - 2008
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Family networks and distributive politics
Fafchamps, Marcel; Labonne, Julien - In: Journal of the European Economic Association : JEEA 18 (2020) 4, pp. 1697-1725
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Chapter 58 Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights and Evolutionary Directions
Cox, Donald; Fafchamps, Marcel - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3711-3784). 2007
takes an evolutionary approach to the family. We show that this literature provides valuable guidance for modeling the … effects of age, sex and relatedness in the interactions among extended family members. The evolutionary literature has much to … offer economists interested in family behavior by proposing novel interpretations of existing findings and pointing out new …
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Chapter 51 Household Formation and Marriage Markets in Rural Areas
Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3187-3247). 2007
This chapter surveys the voluminous literature on household formation and marriage markets in developing countries. We begin by discussing the many social and economic factors that incite individuals to live together in households. Many of these factors are particularly important in poor...
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Isolation And Subjective Welfare : Evidence From South Asia
Fafchamps, Marcel - 2008
Using detailed geographical and household survey data from Nepal, this article investigates the relationship between isolation and subjective welfare. This is achieved by examining how distance to markets and proximity to large urban centers are associated with responses to questions about...
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