Family Networks and School Enrolment: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment. NBER Working Paper No. 14949

Autor/inn/en	Angelucci, Manuela; DeGiorgi, Giacomo; Rangel, Marcos A.; Rasul, Imran
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Family Networks and School Enrolment: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment. NBER Working Paper No. 14949
Quelle	(2009) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Family Relationship; Social Networks; Family Characteristics; Family Influence; Enrollment; Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Einschulung; Sekundarbereich; Ausland; Mexiko
Abstract	We present evidence on whether and how a household's behavior is influenced by the presence and characteristics of its extended family. Using household panel data from the Progresa program in rural Mexico, we exploit information on the paternal and maternal surnames of heads and spouses in conjunction with the Spanish naming convention to identify the inter and intra generational family links of each household to others in the same village. We then exploit the randomized research design of the Progresa evaluation data to identify whether the treatment effects of Progresa transfers on secondary school enrolment vary according to the presence and characteristics of extended family. We find that Progresa only raises secondary enrolment among households that are embedded in a family network. Eligible but isolated households do not respond. The mechanism through which the extended family influences household schooling choices is the redistribution of resources within the family network from eligibles that receive de facto unconditional cash transfers from Progresa, towards eligibles on the margin of enrolling their children into secondary school. (As Provided).
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