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Reducing vulnerability through microfinance: Evidence from Indian self help group program

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Floro, Maria - 2010

We investigate if participation in Indian Self Help Group microfinance program (SHG) results in reducing vulnerability. Vulnerability estimates are constructed using crosssectional SHG rural household survey data, collected in 2003. The potential selection bias is eliminated by propensity score...

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Microfinance 'plus': The impact of business training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

The provision of business training with microfinance leads to a positive impact on assets for the participating households. We correct for membership selection bias and account for potential training endogeneity with propensity score matching, using data from the Self Help Group microfinance...

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Being patient with microfinance: The impact of training on Indian self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2010

We evaluate the impact of training provided by facilitators of Self Help Groups (SHGs). This evaluation provides one of the first studies of the impact of 'microfinance plus', or the disbursement of services beyond credit. Indian SHGs are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but funded by...

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Delivery mechanisms and impact of training through microfinance

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2011

We evaluate the effect of delivery mechanisms for training provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. We correct for both membership and training endogeneity. Training...

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The impact of skill development and human capital training on self help groups

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2009

We evaluate the effect of training, in both skill development and human capital, provided by facilitators of self help groups (SHGs). Indian SHGs are unique in that they are mainly NGOformed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results suggest that, in general, training...

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Does self help group participation lead to asset creation?

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Varghese, Adel - 2008

We evaluate the effect of Self Help Group participation on a long term impact parameter, namely asset creation. Indian Self Help Groups (SHGs) are unique in that they are mainly NGO-formed microfinance groups but later funded by commercial banks. The results reveal that longer membership in SHGs...

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The measurement of time and income poverty

Zacharias, Ajit - 2011

Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities …

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Net government expenditures and the economic well-being of the elderly in the United States, 1989 - 2001

Kum, Hyunsub; Wolff, Edward N.; Zacharias, Ajit - 2006

We examine the economic well-being of the elderly, using the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW). Compared to the conventional measures of income, the LIMEW is a comprehensive measure that incorporates broader definitions of income from wealth, government expenditures, and...

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The Great Recession and racial inequality: Evidence from measures of economic well-being

Masterson, Thomas; Zacharias, Ajit; Rios-Avila, Fernando; … - 2017

The Great Recession had a tremendous impact on low-income Americans, in particular black and Latino Americans. The losses in terms of employment and earnings are matched only by the losses in terms of real wealth. In many ways, however, these losses are merely a continuation of trends that have...

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