Can Policy Change Culture? Government Pension Plans and Traditional Kinship Practices

American Economic Review Vol/Iss. 111(6) American Economic Association Nashville Published In Pages: 1880-1917
By Bau, Natalie

Hypothesis

Parents will be more likely to transmit cultural norms of marital residence to educated children.

Note

Education was measured at primary, secondary, and university levels. Secondary and university education were significant in Indonesia; only primary education was significant in Ghana.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
RegressionPartially supportedp<0.01-p>0.1UNKNOWNOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
EducationIndependentEducation
Marital ResidenceDependentResidence