Institutional features of the African setting -- large extended families and imperfect credit and land markets -- matter to the equity and efficiency roles played by intergenerational linkages. Using original survey data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of consumption, this paper studies the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic activities...
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2011/5/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS5658
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2011/5/01
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Is it what you inherited or what you learnt ? Intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in Senegal
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marginal product of labor