Testing Lin's social capital theory in an informal African urban economy
hal.structure.identifier | Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA] | |
dc.contributor.author | BERROU, Jean-Philippe | |
hal.structure.identifier | Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée [GREThA] | |
dc.contributor.author | COMBARNOUS, François | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-08-25 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0388 | |
dc.description.abstractEn | In order to test Lin's social capital theory in an informal African urban economy, this paper outlines an approach articulated around the notion of 'ego-centred network'. We used an original dataset collected in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to evaluate how member attributes in entrepreneurs' networks tend to influence their economic outcomes. The instrument of multiple name generators provides a vast amount of information that can be used to compute quantitative measures of the composition of networks. We show that the proportion of members with a high social status have no significant positive impact on economic outcomes, contrary to more approachable individuals. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | |
dc.subject | Social Sciences & Humanities | |
dc.title.en | Testing Lin's social capital theory in an informal African urban economy | |
dc.type | Article de revue | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00220388.2010.547937 | |
dc.subject.hal | Sciences de l'Homme et Société | |
bordeaux.journal | The Journal of Development Studies | |
bordeaux.page | 1216-1240 | |
bordeaux.volume | 47 | |
bordeaux.issue | 8 | |
bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | |
hal.identifier | hal-00725354 | |
hal.version | 1 | |
hal.origin.link | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00725354v1 | |
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