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VoxDev Development Economics

S1 Ep58: Families as social institutions

31 min • 22 september 2021

When economists talk about the "household", they usually mean a family. But Natalie Bau and Raquel Fernandez tell Tim Phillips that there are many types of family, with many cultural traditions and habits, and these differences can have a big impact on whether well-meaning attempts to improve their lives will succeed or fail.

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