Social Networks among Indigenous Peoples in Mexico

Skoufias, Emmanuel; Lunde, Trine; Patrinos, Harry Anthony

dc.creator	Skoufias, Emmanuel
dc.creator	Lunde, Trine
dc.creator	Patrinos, Harry Anthony
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:40Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:10:40Z
dc.date	2009-06-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:09:55Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:09:55Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090601125523
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4140
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/245177
dc.description	This paper examines the extent to which social networks among indigenous peoples have a significant effect on a variety of human capital investment and economic activities, such as school attendance and work among teenage boys and girls, and migration, welfare participation, employment status, occupation and sector of employment among adult males and females. The analysis uses data from the 10 percent population sample of the 2000 Population and Housing Census of Mexico and an empirical strategy that allows taking into account the role of municipality and language group fixed effects. The authors confirm empirically that social network effects play an important role in the economic decisions of indigenous people, especially in rural areas. The analysis also provides evidence that better access to basic services, such as water and electricity, increases the size and strength of network effects in rural areas.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4949
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO RESOURCES
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	CHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subject	CITIZENS
dc.subject	COLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	CULTURES
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT BANK
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject	DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	EARNINGS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DECISIONS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SECURITY
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EFFECTIVE POLICIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYEE
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject	ENDOWMENTS
dc.subject	ETHNIC GROUPS
dc.subject	ETHNICITY
dc.subject	ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subject	EXCLUSION
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	FEDERAL RESERVE
dc.subject	FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR
dc.subject	FEMALES
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FLOW OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GENDER DIFFERENCES
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subject	GIRLS
dc.subject	GROUPS OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	HANDICRAFTS
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HOUSING CENSUS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	IDENTITY
dc.subject	IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME-GENERATING ASSETS
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS GROUPS
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
dc.subject	INNOVATION
dc.subject	INTERNAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	JOB OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	KINSHIP
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LACK OF ACCESS
dc.subject	LOCALITIES
dc.subject	MALE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	MARITAL STATUS
dc.subject	MARKET DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MIGRATION
dc.subject	MULTIPLIER EFFECT
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	OCCUPATION
dc.subject	OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subject	OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLITICAL DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	POWER RELATIONS
dc.subject	PREJUDICE
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVE CAPITAL
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	REPRODUCTION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	RURAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	RURAL WELFARE
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject	SELF EMPLOYED
dc.subject	SELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SMALL FARMERS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject	SOCIAL EXCLUSION
dc.subject	SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORK
dc.subject	SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject	SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject	SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	SOCIAL PRESSURE
dc.subject	SOCIAL STRUCTURE
dc.subject	SOCIETY
dc.subject	SOCIOLOGY
dc.subject	SPILLOVER
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	TEENAGERS
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL VALUES
dc.subject	TV
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN STUDIES
dc.subject	VILLAGE
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	WELFARE STATE
dc.subject	YOUNG MEN
dc.subject	YOUNG WOMEN
dc.title	Social Networks among Indigenous Peoples in Mexico
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	Latin America & Caribbean
dc.coverage	North America
dc.coverage	America
dc.coverage	Mexico