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The Diffusion of Microfinance
Duflo, Esther; Jackson, Matthew O.; Banerjee, Abhijit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We examine how participation in a microfinance program diffuses through social networks. We collected detailed … demographic and social network data in 43 villages in South India before microfinance was introduced in those villages and then … first informed about the program, "the injection points". Microfinance participation is higher when the injection points …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009397139
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Risk and Return in Village Economies
Townsend, Robert M.; Samphantharak, Krislert - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We present a framework for the study of risk and return of household enterprise in developing economies. We make predictions from two polar benchmarks: (1) an economy with Pareto optimal allocations under full risk sharing, and (2) an economy in which each autarky household absorbs risk in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821669
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International Migration, Remittances, and Household Investment: Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks
Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do migrant earnings affect origin-household investments? This paper examines Philippine households%u2019 responses to overseas members%u2019 economic shocks. Overseas Filipinos work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829433
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Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on Agricultural Labor Markets
Thomas, Duncan; LaFave, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The farm household model has played a central role in improving the understanding of small-scale agricultural households and non-farm enterprises. Under the assumptions that all current and future markets exist and that farmers treat all prices as given, the model simplifies households’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079870
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Gender Differences in Preferences, Intra-Household Externalities, and Low Demand for Improved Cookstoves
Miller, Grant; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This paper examines whether an intra-household externality prevents adoption of a technology with substantial implications for population health and the environment: improved cookstoves. Motivated by a model of intra-household decision-making, the experiment markets stoves to husbands or wives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950660
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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network
Duflo, Esther; Jackson, Matthew O.; Banerjee, Abhijit; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Can we identify the members of a community who are best- placed to diffuse information simply by asking a random sample of individuals? We show that boundedly-rational individuals can, simply by tracking sources of gossip, identify those who are most central in a network according to "diffusion...
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State vs Consumer Regulation: An Evaluation of Two Road Safety Interventions in Kenya
Jack, William; Habyarimana, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This paper compares the relative impact of two road safety interventions in the Kenyan minibus or matatu sector: a top down set of regulatory requirements known as the Michuki Rules and a consumer empowerment intervention. We use very detailed insurance claims data on three classes of vehicles...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271430
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Educational Choices, Subjective Expectations, and Credit Constraints
Attanasio, Orazio; Kaufmann, Katja - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
In this paper we analyze the link between people's "subjective" expectations of returns to schooling and their decision to invest into schooling. We use data from a household survey on Mexican junior and senior high school graduates that elicits their own and their parents' beliefs about future...
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Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Cote d'Ivoire: Social Norms, Separate Accounts and Consumption Choices
Duflo, Esther; Udry, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
We study resource allocation within households in Côte d'Ivoire. In Côte d'Ivoire, as in much of Africa, husbands and wives farm separate plots, and there is some specialization by gender in the crops that are grown. These different crops are differentially sensitive to particular kinds of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005710460
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Why Do Migrants Return to Poor Countries? Evidence From Philippine Migrants%u2019 Responses to Exchange Rate Shocks
Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
This paper distinguishes between target-earnings and life-cycle motivations for return migration by examining how Philippine migrants%u2019 return decisions respond to major, unexpected exchange rate changes in their overseas locations (due to the Asian financial crisis). Overall, the evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830371