the household or the outcomes of these investments. Results using data from Colombia suggest that family size has negative …

Forty years of low-intensity internal armed conflict has made Colombia home to the world's second largest population of …

collected one and six years after the earthquake. Colombia provides a unique setting for our study because the government …

This paper estimates the effect of enrollment in a large scale anti-poverty program in Colombia, Familias en Acción (FA …

This paper surveys gender earnings gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent …

This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their savings behavior, i.e. wealth … accumulation, savings rates, and portfolio choices. Locus of control is a psychological concept that captures individuals' beliefs …-of-control gap in savings rates is largest among rich households, the gap in wealth accumulation is particularly large for poor …

increase savings, they are unavailable to the millions of people worldwide who not have a formal wage bill. Self-help peer … first experiment finds that self-help peer groups are very potent at increasing savings. In contrast, a more classical … tool to encourage savings. …