Risk-Sharing and Endogenous Network Formation
- 11 November 2004
- book chapter
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
Abstract
A method is developed for analysing the determinants of network formation. The unit of analysis will be the dyad, a pair of households. Application of the method to data on a small Haya village in rural Tanzania showed that the formation of risk-sharing networks was influenced by kinship, geographical proximity, the number of common friends, clan membership, religious affiliation, and wealth.Keywords
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