Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal
Institutional features of the African setting -- large extended families and imperfect credit and land markets -- matter to the equity and efficiency roles played by intergenerational linkages. Using original survey data on Senegal that include an...
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okr-10986-34202021-04-23T14:02:09Z Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal Lambert, Sylvie Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique ACCESS TO LAND ADULTHOOD AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BULLETIN CHRONIC POVERTY DEATHS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVORCE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RIGHTS ECONOMICS EDUCATED MOTHERS EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMERS FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALES FEMINIST FIRST MARRIAGE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUE GENDER PREFERENCES GENDERS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WORK HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INHERITANCES KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAWS LEGAL REFORMS LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MOTHER NUTRITIONAL STATUS OWNERSHIP OF LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PASTORALISTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POTENTIAL USERS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION FOR WOMEN RESPECT RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENCE RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE STD TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES TRANSPORTATION UNIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILD Institutional features of the African setting -- large extended families and imperfect credit and land markets -- matter to the equity and efficiency roles played by intergenerational linkages. Using original survey data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of consumption, this paper studies the role played by land inheritance, other bequests and parental background as influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic activities. Although intergenerational linkages are evident, the analysis finds a seemingly high degree of mobility across generations, associated with the shift from farm to non-farm sectors and the greater economic activity of women. Male-dominated bequests of land and housing bring little gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining inequality, although they have effects on the sector of activity. Inheritance of non-land assets and the education and occupation of parents (especially the mother) and their choices about children's schooling are more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in consumption is evident, although it is almost entirely explicable in terms of factors such as education and (non-land) inheritance. There are a number of other pronounced gender differences, with intergenerational linkages coming through the mother rather than the father. 2012-03-19T18:02:08Z 2012-03-19T18:02:08Z 2011-05-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110511142334 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3420 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5658 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sahel Senegal |
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ACCESS TO LAND ADULTHOOD AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BULLETIN CHRONIC POVERTY DEATHS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVORCE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RIGHTS ECONOMICS EDUCATED MOTHERS EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMERS FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALES FEMINIST FIRST MARRIAGE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUE GENDER PREFERENCES GENDERS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WORK HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INHERITANCES KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAWS LEGAL REFORMS LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MOTHER NUTRITIONAL STATUS OWNERSHIP OF LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PASTORALISTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POTENTIAL USERS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION FOR WOMEN RESPECT RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENCE RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE STD TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES TRANSPORTATION UNIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILD |
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ACCESS TO LAND ADULTHOOD AGE AT MARRIAGE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BULLETIN CHRONIC POVERTY DEATHS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVORCE ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC RIGHTS ECONOMICS EDUCATED MOTHERS EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FARMERS FATHER FATHERS FEMALE FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALES FEMINIST FIRST MARRIAGE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUE GENDER PREFERENCES GENDERS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WORK HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INHERITANCES KINSHIP LABOR FORCE LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND TENURE LAWS LEGAL REFORMS LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MOTHER NUTRITIONAL STATUS OWNERSHIP OF LAND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS PASTORALISTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POTENTIAL USERS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION FOR WOMEN RESPECT RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF GENDER RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENCE RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE STD TRADITIONAL SOCIETIES TRANSPORTATION UNIONS URBAN AREAS URBAN WOMEN URBANIZATION WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE YOUNG AGE YOUNG CHILD Lambert, Sylvie Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal |
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Africa Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sahel Senegal |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5658 |
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Institutional features of the African
setting -- large extended families and imperfect credit and
land markets -- matter to the equity and efficiency roles
played by intergenerational linkages. Using original survey
data on Senegal that include an individualized measure of
consumption, this paper studies the role played by land
inheritance, other bequests and parental background as
influences on an adult's economic welfare and economic
activities. Although intergenerational linkages are evident,
the analysis finds a seemingly high degree of mobility
across generations, associated with the shift from farm to
non-farm sectors and the greater economic activity of women.
Male-dominated bequests of land and housing bring little
gain to mean consumption and play little role in explaining
inequality, although they have effects on the sector of
activity. Inheritance of non-land assets and the education
and occupation of parents (especially the mother) and their
choices about children's schooling are more important
to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant
gender inequality in consumption is evident, although it is
almost entirely explicable in terms of factors such as
education and (non-land) inheritance. There are a number of
other pronounced gender differences, with intergenerational
linkages coming through the mother rather than the father. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Lambert, Sylvie Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique |
| author_facet |
Lambert, Sylvie Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique |
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Lambert, Sylvie |
| title |
Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal |
| title_short |
Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal |
| title_full |
Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal |
| title_fullStr |
Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Is It What You Inherited or What You Learnt? Intergenerational Linkage and Interpersonal Inequality in Senegal |
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is it what you inherited or what you learnt? intergenerational linkage and interpersonal inequality in senegal |
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2012 |
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