@article{fdi:010059162,
  title = {{K}inship ties and entrepreneurship in {W}estern {A}frica},
  author = {{G}rimm, {M}. and {G}ubert, {F}lore and {K}oriko, {O}. and {L}ay, {J}. and {N}ordman, {C}hristophe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}mall entrepreneurs in poor countries achieve relatively high marginal returns to capital but show only low re-investment rates. {T}he literature is rather inconclusive about the possible causes. {W}e explore whether ?forced redistribution', i.e. abusive demands by the kin, affects the allocation of capital and labor to the household firm. {W}e use an original data-set covering household firms in seven economic centers in {W}estern {A}frica. {W}e find some evidence that family and kinship ties within the city rather enhance labor effort and the use of capital. {H}owever, the stronger the ties to the village of origin the lower input use which is supporting the 'forced redistribution' hypothesis. {G}iven that such redistribution is partly the consequence of a lack of formal insurance mechanisms, these results suggest that the provision of health insurance and other insurance devices may have positive indirect effects on private sector development.},
  keywords = {{ENTREPRISE} {PRIVEE} ; {PME} ; {SECTEUR} {INFORMEL} ; {FAMILLE} ; {ENTRAIDE} ; {PARENTE} ; {MENAGE} ; {ACCUMULATION} {DU} {CAPITAL} ; {MAIN} {D}'{OEUVRE} ; {MIGRATION} {INTERIEURE} ; {AGGLOMERATION} {URBAINE} ; {ECONOMETRIE} ; {ENTREPRENEURIAT} ; {MICROENTREPRISE} ; {ENTREPRISE} {FAMILIALE} ; {RELATIONS} {FAMILIALES} ; {CAPITAL} {SOCIAL} ; {SOLIDARITE} {FORCEE} ; {RESEAU} {SOCIAL} ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {BENIN} ; {COTONOU} ; {BURKINA} {FASO} ; {OUAGADOUGOU} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {ABIDJAN} ; {MALI} ; {BAMAKO} ; {NIGER} ; {NIAMEY} ; {SENEGAL} ; {DAKAR} ; {TOGO} ; {LOME}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {S}mall {B}usiness and {E}ntrepreneurship},
  volume = {26},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {125--150},
  ISSN = {0827-6331},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1080/082276331.2013.771854},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010059162},
}