Family networks and income hiding: Evidence from lab-in-the-field experiments in rural Liberia

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 453-469

  Beekman, Gonne ^a   Gatto, Marcel ^b   Nillesen, Eleonora ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNU MERIT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Discount rate; Experiment; Investments; Kinship; Rural development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; INCOME; INVESTMENT; KINSHIP; RURAL ECONOMY;

LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84942024126     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejv008     Document Type: Article

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