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Remittances and poverty : Who benefits in the household ?.
Safir, Abla; Lambert, Sylvie; de Vreyer, Philippe - Université Paris-Dauphine
We use data from a newly designed household survey in Senegal to study intrahousehold allocation of remittances income … corresponds to the internal budgetary arrangements found in the extended families of Senegal. We find that remittances accruing to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871982
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Child Fostering in Senegal
Beck, Simon; De Vreyer, Philippe; Lambert, Sylvie; … - Centre pour la Recherche Économique et ses … - 2014
This paper is about child fostering in Senegal, a practice widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa whereby children are … temporarily sent to live with a host family. Using a rich household survey conducted in Senegal in 2006-7, the paper aims at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735574
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Sons as Widowhood Insurance: Evidence from Senegal
Lambert, Sylvie; Rossi, Pauline - HAL - 2014
Exploiting original data from a Senegalese household survey, we provide evidence that fertility choices are partly driven by women's needs for widowhood insurance. We use a duration model of birth intervals to show that women most exposed to the risk of widowhood intensify their fertility until...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750980
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Sons as Widowhood Insurance : Evidence from Senegal
Lambert, Sylvie; Rossi, Pauline - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique … - 2014
Exploiting original data from a Senegalese household survey, we provide evidence that fertility choices are partly driven by women's needs for widowhood insurance. We use a duration model of birth intervals to show that women most exposed to the risk of widowhood intensify their fertility until...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814360
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Remittances and poverty : Who benefits in the household ?
Safir, Abla; Lambert, Sylvie; de Vreyer, Philippe - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
We use data from a newly designed household survey in Senegal to study intrahousehold allocation of remittances income … corresponds to the internal budgetary arrangements found in the extended families of Senegal. We find that remittances accruing to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074084
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Trajectoires de scolarisation et de travail des enfants au Sénégal
Dumas, Christelle; Lambert, Sylvie - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2006
Identifies factors, including economic vulnerability of households, determining children's participation in the labour market.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966283
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Is it what you inherited or what you learnt? Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in Senegal
Lambert, Sylvie; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique - 2011
Using original survey data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of consumption, we study the role played …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280069
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Marital trajectories and women's wellbeing in Senegal
Lambert, Sylvie; Van de Walle, Dominique; Villar, Paola - 2017
marital trajectories affect women's wellbeing. Women's marital trajectories in Senegal are described and correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943727
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By ignoring intra-household inequality, do we underestimate the extent of poverty?
De Vreyer, Philippe; Lambert, Sylvie - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011995525
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Is it what you Inherited or what you Learnt? : Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal
Lambert, Sylvie - 2011
the equity and efficiency roles played by intergenerational linkages. Using original survey data on Senegal that include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394947