VIllage Economics and the Structure of Extended Family Networks

Manuela Angelucci, Giacomo De Giorgi, Marcos A Rangel () and Imran Rasul

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Abstract: This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and inequality of the village of residence. Using the Hispanic naming convention, within-village extended family networks in 504 poor rural villages are constructed. Family networks are larger (both in the number of members and as a share of the village population) and out-migration is lower the poorer and the less unequal the village of residence.

Keywords: extended family network; Hispanic naming convention; village marginality; residence; poverty; inequality; families; villages; rural; family; Mexico; residence; population; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-mig, nep-net, nep-soc and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Village Economies and the Structure of Extended Family Networks (2009)
Working Paper: Village Economies and the Structure of Extended Family Networks (2009)
Working Paper: Village Economies and the Structure of Extended Family Networks (2009)
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