Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232899 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14147
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We conducted a field experiment in Burkina Faso to investigate the impact of sharing obligations within kin networks on entrepreneurial effort. The overall treatment effect we find is insignificant and goes in the opposite direction than previous literature suggests. Ex-post explorative analysis reveals that entrepreneurs in the two experimental groups reacted differently in their production process, with some entrepreneurs in the treatment group being able to utilize their kin network to their joint advantage.
Subjects: 
field experiment
redristributive pressure
social norms
sharing norms
business development
Burkina Faso
JEL: 
C93
D13
H24
H26
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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