Family and kinship ties in development: An economist's perspective

Culture, Institutions, and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-124

  Ferrara, Eliana La ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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