Motives for household private transfers in Burkina Faso
Motives for household private transfers in Burkina Faso
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.06.001
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
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5
通讯作者：
Kazianga, H
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作者：
Kazianga, H
近年来，家庭之间的资源转移受到了经济学家的极大关注。人们对家庭转移兴趣激增的两个主要原因是转移行为传达的人性信息和私人转移可能对收入再分配政策的影响。然而，实证研究对转移行为的研究结果好坏参半。这是因为以前的调查遇到了几个估计问题，并侧重于来自发达国家的数据，这些国家的私人转让已经很少。本文通过使用多方面的计量经济学方法来考察布基纳法索家庭转移的动机，从而对转移行为的文献做出了贡献。布基纳法索是一个低收入国家，有着良好的礼物交换传统。研究结果表明，风险分担并不是转移的核心。利他主义转移在中等收入阶层很明显，但在低收入水平则不明显。证据表明，在低收入水平，挤出可能是最小的，这表明针对贫困家庭的公共转移支付可能是有效的。(C)2005 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。
Resource transfers among households have received considerable interest among economists in recent years. Two of the main reasons for the surge of interest in household transfers are the information on human nature conveyed by transfer behavior and the implication on income redistribution policy that private transfer might have. Empirical studies, however, provide mixed results on transfer behavior. This is because previous inquiries were confronted with several estimation issues and have focused on data from developed countries where private transfers are already small. This paper contributes to the literature on transfer behavior by using a multifaceted econometric approach to examine the motives of household transfers in Burkina, a low-income country with a well-documented tradition of gift exchanges. The findings suggest that risk sharing is not central to transfers. Altruistic transfers are apparent for the middle income class, but not at low income level. The evidence implies that crowding out may be minimal at low income level, suggesting that public transfers targeting poor households may be effective. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.