Flexibility of Household Structure Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso

被引:63
作者
Akresh, Richard [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Econ, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
关键词
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS; CREDIT MARKET; LABOR; RISK; NETWORKS; MOTIVES; FAMILY; MODEL;
D O I
10.1353/jhr.2009.0011
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Using data I collected in Africa. this paper examines a household's decision to adjust its Size through child fostering, an institution where biological parents temporarily send children to live with other families. Households experiencing negative idiosyncratic income shocks, child gender imbalances, located further front primary schools, or with more "good" quality network members (fewer subsistence farmers and unmarried individuals and more educated members) are significantly more likely to send a child. Results reject an overall symmetric fostering model across senders and receivers, but evidence of symmetry is found when the test is restricted to exogenous income shocks and gender imbalances.
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页码:976 / 997
页数:22
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