Household consumption smoothing through ethnic ties: Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 391-422

  Grimard, Franque ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption smoothing; C te d'Ivoire; Ethnicity and risk sharing; Informal insurance systems

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING; ETHNIC RELATIONS; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; KINSHIP NETWORK; RISK SHARING;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0031433870     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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