TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Nordman, Christophe Jalil
AU  - Pasquier-Doumer, Laure
        TI  - Transitions in a West African Labour Market: The Role of Family Networks
        PY  - 2014/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8349
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8349
        AB  - This paper sheds light on the role of family networks in the dynamics of a West African labour market, i.e. in the transitions from unemployment to employment, from wage employment to self-employment, and from self-employment to wage employment. It investigates the effects of three dimensions of the family network on these transitions: its structure, the strength of ties and the resources embedded in the network. For this purpose, we use a first-hand survey conducted in Ouagadougou on a representative sample of 2000 households. Using event history data and very detailed information on family network, we estimate proportional hazard models for discrete-time data.
We find that family networks have a significant effect on the dynamics of workers in the labour market and that this effect differs depending on the type of transition and the considered dimension of the family network. The network size appears to not matter much in the labour market dynamics. Strong ties however play a stabilizing role by limiting large transitions. Their negative effect on transitions is reinforced with high level of resources embedded in the network.
        KW  - labour market dynamics
KW  - event history data
KW  - family network
KW  - survival analysis
KW  - Burkina Faso
        ER  -