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How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More
Bachas, Pierre - 2017
number of checks decreases over time as their reported trust in the bank and savings increase. Their overall savings rate …
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The Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being
Bando, Rosangela - 2016
) in their study on a non-contributory pension scheme in Mexico. Thus, we conclude that the effects of non …-contributory pensions on well-being in rural Mexico can be largely generalized to Peru …
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Non-Contributory Pensions
Galiani, Sebastian - 2014
poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) - a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
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Shelter from the Storm : Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums
Galiani, Sebastian - 2013
Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides …
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How Pro-Poor Growth Affects the Demand for Energy
Gertler, Paul - 2013
asset accumulation and energy use in the context of Mexico's conditional cash transfer program. We find that transfers had a …
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Trust and Saving in Financial Institutions
Galiani, Sebastian - 2020
the use of bank accounts for transactions. The increase in savings is close to double the savings of the treatment over …
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Finance, Firm Size, and Growth
Beck, Thorsten - 2004
This paper examines whether financial development boosts the growth of small firms more than large firms and hence provides information on the mechanisms through which financial development fosters aggregate economic growth. We define an industry's technological firm size as the firm size...
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Restoring Confidence in Troubled Financial Institutions After a Financial Crisis
Calomiris, Charles W.; Carlson, Mark - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
actions by bank owners to change management, contract with depositors to extend liability maturity structure, write off bad … assets, and/or inject capital affected bank survival and deposit retention. This historical episode is particularly …
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How Spillovers from Appointment Reminders Improve Health Clinic Efficiency
Boone, Claire E. - 2020
Missed clinic appointments present a significant burden to health care through disruption of care, inefficient use of staff time and wasted clinical resources. Short message service (SMS) appointment reminders show promise to improve clinics' management through timely appointment cancellations...
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Can Emerging Market Bank Regulators Establish Credible Discipline? The Case of Argentina, 1992-1999
Calomiris, Charles W. - 2000
macroeconomic and bank regulatory reform. Bank regulatory policy promoted privatization, financial liberalization, and free entry …. Argentina's bank regulatory system now is widely regarded as one of the two or three most successful among emerging market …
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