README.md

In mwdavids/familyNetworks: Build Family Networks with Philippines' Naming Convention

Family Networks

R package for constructing family networks following the naming convention used in the Philippines. This method is used and described in Cruz, Labonne, and Querubin (2016) & Querubin (2011).

Rules

It is possible to approximate actual family networks in the Philippines because of strict patterns of name inheritance. Everyone is born with a given (first) name and two surnames--their mother and father's family names (which in turn came from their fathers). When women marry, they take their husband's family name (the husband's father's family name) and retain their father's family name.

Functions

I provide three functions for constructing different types of networks.

• buildFamilyNetwork_Ind builds individual level networks, meaning that individuals are the nodes in the network.

• buildFamilyNetwork_Fam builds family level networks, so that each family name is a node in the network.

• buildFamilyNetwork_Community builds community level networks. Communities, such as barangay, are the nodes in the network and relations between individuals in the different communities determine the presence or absence, and strength of ties between them.

Installation

To install the current version of FamilyNetworks, run the following code.

library(devtools)
install_github("mwdavids/FamilyNetworks")

References

Cruz, Cesi, Julien Labonne, and Pablo Querubin (2016). “Politician Family Networks and Electoral Outcomes”. Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Review.

Querubin, Pablo (2011). “Political Reform and Elite Persistence: Term Limits and Political Dynasties in the Philippines”. Working paper.

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