Risk sharing and kinship tightness: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorArtiles, Miriam
dc.contributor.advisorLafortune, Jeanne
dc.contributor.authorCarvajal Silicato, Laura
dc.contributor.otherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-20T16:41:04Z
dc.date.available2024-08-20T16:41:04Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2024-08-09T16:32:05Z
dc.descriptionTesis (Magíster en Economía)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2024
dc.description.abstractPrevious literature provides evidence of partial informal insurance in developing countries where formal financial markets are deficient and people must rely on informal institutions to face unexpected events. I explore the impact of kinship tightness on informal risk sharing in Sub-Saharan Africa. By integrating household-level data from the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) with kinship characteristics from the Ethnographic Atlas, I investigate how historical kinship structures influence the ability of households to manage income shocks in environments where access to formal financial markets is limited. I employ an OLS approach including individual and district level controls to address endogeneity concerns. I also analyze neighboring districts to isolate the effect of kinship tightness better and reinforce the robustness of the OLS results. The analysis reveals that tighter kinship networks facilitate effective risk-sharing behaviors, and help mitigate the adverse effects of income shocks on consumption. Results are robust to a range of tests and to the inclusion of various cultural and ethnic characteristics that, according to the literature, influence economic outcomes.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-08-09
dc.format.extent60 páginas
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dc.identifier.doi10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/87544
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/87544
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87544
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Economía; Artiles, Miriam; 0000-0002-2449-1145; 1213669
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Economía; Lafortune, Jeanne; 0000-0003-0127-0646; 1009322
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Economía y Administración; Carvajal Silicato, Laura; S/I; 1065456
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAtribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.deweyEconomíaes_ES
dc.subject.ods08 Decent work and economic growth
dc.subject.odspa08 Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
dc.tipo.dtdDesarrollo experimental o investigación aplicada, para la obtención de un producto nuevo o mejorado
dc.titleRisk sharing and kinship tightness: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typetesis de maestría
sipa.codpersvinculados1213669
sipa.codpersvinculados1009322
sipa.codpersvinculados1065456
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