-scale, nationally representative UK study. We track the behaviour problems from age 3 to 7 to examine the emergence of problems and … whether disabled girls’ and boys’ behaviour converges or diverges from non-disabled children over time. Childhood … parenting and the home environment moderate any associations between disability and behaviour. Estimating linear growth models …

microfinance borrowers. The paper posits that social capital - social relations that facilitate individual action – is essential …

Few microfinance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneurship. This paper considers one possible … explanation: that the structure of existing microfinance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected return investments. To … microfinance institution in India. The experiments confirm the theoretical predictions that joint liability creates two …

This paper analyzes the theoretical underpinnings of high-frequency repayment, a feature in nearly all microfinance …

shed light on an apparent shift away from joint liability lending towards individual liability lending by some microfinance …

Motivated by recent controversies surrounding the role of commercial lenders in microfinance, we analyze borrower …