Network formation through a gender lens: insights from rural Nicaragua

D'Exelle, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9332-5223 and Holvoet, Nathalie (2011) Network formation through a gender lens: insights from rural Nicaragua. Working Paper. University of Antwerp - Institute of Development Policy and Management.

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Abstract

This paper examines the relation between gender and network formation in rural Nicaragua. Applying dyadic regression techniques and controlling for individual socio-economic characteristics, we obtain insights into the determinants of the size and density as well as the socio-economic heterogeneity of individual networks. Assuming these network characteristics correlate with one?s agency and benefits from network participation, we look for differences between men?s and women?s networks and its relation with gender. In general, the gendered private/public dichotomy and labor division is replicated in men?s and women?s networks. Furthermore, consistent with the restricted mobility of poor rural women, we observe that geographic distance limits the networks of women but not men. Next, female education and mobility, and newly-residing men, have a positive influence on the integration between men and women. Finally, clique formation is stronger around women than men.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics
Depositing User:	Ben D'Exelle
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2011 10:43
Last Modified:	26 Jul 2023 09:36
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/27371
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