The Interdependence of Wealth: Exploring the associations between relational and material wealth in Pemba

Daniel Dr. Redhead, Emmanuel Maliti, Jeffrey Andrews and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder

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Abstract: The extent of inequality in material wealth across different types of societies is well established. Less clear, however,is how material wealth is associated with relational wealth, and the implications of such associations for material wealth inequality. Theory and evidence suggest that material wealth both guides, and is patterned by, relational wealth. While existing comparative studies typically assume complementarity between different types of wealth, such associations may differ for distinct kinds of relational wealth. Here, we first review the literature to identify how and why different forms of relational wealth may align. We then turn to an analysis of household-level social networks (food sharing, sex-specific friendship and sex-specific co-working networks) and material wealth data from a rural community in Pemba, Zanzibar. We find that (a) different forms of relational wealth have similar structural properties and are closely aligned, (b) relational wealth is patterned by gender differences, and (c) material wealth has distinct associations with different forms of relational wealth, which are also patterned by gender. More broadly, we show how examining the patterning of distinct types of relational wealth provides insights into how and why the social implications of material wealth are still muted in a community undergoing rapid economic change.

Date: 2023-02-11
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