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Daily Needs, Income Targets and Labor Supply : Evidence from Kenya
Dupas, Pascaline - 2013
drivers in Western Kenya, we provide evidence that many individuals treat their daily cash need as the day's target. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459396
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Happiness Adaptation to Income beyond "Basic Needs"
Tella, Rafael Di - 2008
We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German Panel Data from 1985-2000, and data on the well-being of over 600,000 people in a panel of European countries from 1975-2002, shows different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464111
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Aspiring to a Better Future : Can a Simple Psychological Intervention Reduce Poverty?
Orkin, Kate; Garlick, Robert; Mahmud, Mahreen; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
in Kenya. The workshop substantially raises aspirations, investment, and living standards. But the workshop+cash produces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372492
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Using Satellite Imagery and Deep Learning to Evaluate the Impact of Anti-Poverty Programs
Huang, Yue; Hsiang, Solomon; González-Navarro, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
a recent anti-poverty program in rural Kenya. Leveraging a large literature documenting a reliable relationship between …
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Targeting Impact versus Deprivation
Haushofer, Johannes; Niehaus, Paul; Paramo, Carlos; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
advantage of assistance? We explore this potential trade-off in the context of an NGO cash transfer program in Kenya, utilizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334357
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Customized Cash Transfers : Financial Lives and Cash-flow Preferences in Rural Kenya
Kansikas, Carolina; Mani, Anandi; Niehaus, Paul - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We examine the preferences of low-income households in Kenya over the structure of unconditional cash transfers. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226127
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Distinguishing Constraints on Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP, TFP, and Inequality
Dabla-Norris, Era - 2015
We develop a micro-founded general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents and three dimensions of financial inclusion: access (determined by a participation cost), depth (determined by a borrowing constraint), and intermediation efficiency (determined by a monitoring cost). We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457845
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Resolving the African Financial Development Gap : Cross-Country Comparisons and a Within-Country Study of Kenya
Allen, Franklin - 2012
focus on Kenya, which has made significant strides in financial inclusion and development in recent years. We find a …
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Slack and Economic Development
Walker, Michael W.; Shah, Nachiket; Miguel, Edward; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
urban Kenya, we show that utilization is increasing in firm size, market access, and economic activity. We present a model … cash transfers from a large-scale RCT in Kenya. The parsimonious model replicates much of the experimental evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015094897
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Intergenerational Child Mortality Impacts of Deworming : Experimental Evidence from Two Decades of the Kenya Life Panel Survey
Walker, Michael W.; Huang, Alice H.; Asman, Suleiman; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We assess the impacts of a randomized school-based deworming intervention in Kenya on the mortality of recipients …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250179