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Testing Lin's social capital theory in an informal African urban economy

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In order to test Lin's social capital theory in an informal African urban economy, this paper outlines an approach articulated around the notion of 'ego-centred network'. We used an original dataset collected in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to evaluate how member attributes in entrepreneurs' networks tend to influence their economic outcomes. The instrument of multiple name generators provides a vast amount of information that can be used to compute quantitative measures of the composition of networks. We show that the proportion of members with a high social status have no significant positive impact on economic outcomes, contrary to more approachable individuals.
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hal-00725354 , version 1 (25-08-2012)

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Jean-Philippe Berrou, François Combarnous. Testing Lin's social capital theory in an informal African urban economy. The Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47 (8), pp.1216-1240. ⟨10.1080/00220388.2010.547937⟩. ⟨hal-00725354⟩
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