@article{fdi:010073000,
  title = {{C}an social groups impact schooling decisions ? {E}vidence for castes in rural {S}enegal},
  author = {{G}ueye, {A}.{A}. and {A}udibert, {M}. and {D}elaunay, {V}al{\'e}rie},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}longside classical determinants of education, there is a growing literature of social interactions in education which seems to be particularly concentrated in developed countries. {T}his seems paradoxical as norms, culture and social capital appear to play a more important role in everyday life in {A}frica. {W}e use a rich data set collected in {N}iakhar in rural {S}enegal, between 2001 and 2008 to study whether the school attendance of a child depends on the school attendance of other children in the same social group. {S}ocial groups are defined using geographical proximity and caste groups. {W}hile it is particularly difficult to empirically identify the impact of social group behavior, we take advantage of the temporal structure of the data to deal with a number of endogeneity issues. {W}e rely moreover on different empirical strategies and placebo tests to argue that our results are not subject to confounding interpretations. {R}esults show evidence of a strong and positive effect of social interactions on school attendance and the impact is greater for members of the highest caste.},
  keywords = {{EDUCATION} ; {ENFANT} {D}'{AGE} {SCOLAIRE} ; {SCOLARISATION} ; {SOCIOLOGIE} {RURALE} ; {CLASSE} {SOCIALE} ; {RAPPORTS} {SOCIAUX} ; {INDICATEUR} {SOCIOECONOMIQUE} ; {COMMUNAUTE} {VILLAGEOISE} ; {ANALYSE} {STATISTIQUE} ; {SENEGAL} ; {NIAKHAR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}orld {D}evelopment},
  volume = {110},
  numero = {},
  pages = {307--323},
  ISSN = {0305-750{X}},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.06.002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073000},
}