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Happier elderly residents : the positive impact of physical activity on objective and subjective health condition of elderly people in nursing homes : evidence from a multi-site ra...
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Zappalà, Guglielmo; Milcent, … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511934
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Interest rates and implications for microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Campion, Anita; Ekka, Rashmi Kiran; Wenner, Mark D. - 2010
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been successful in providing credit to millions of low-income borrowers in groups … examine microfinance interest rates and their determinants in order to understand how these rates might be lowered. Using high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294486
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2021
We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that – as long as the wife is involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801992
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To invest or not to invest in sanitation : the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power
Augsburg, Britta; Malde, Bansi; Olorenshaw, Harriet; … - 2023
We exploit novel data collected within a randomized controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We show that — as long as the wife is involved in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014371964
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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?
Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - 2021
Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the … effect of happiness on engaging in sports. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623994
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011686243
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Assessing the role of microfinance in fostering adaptation to climate change
Agrawala, Shardul; Carraro, Maëlis - 2010
change. It is in this context that microfinance merits a closer look. This paper offers the first empirical assessment of the … linkages between microfinance supported activities and adaptation to climate change. Specifically, the lending portfolios of … the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732151
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Can self-help groups really be self-help?
Greaney, Brian; Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Van Leemput, Eva - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009735003
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The macroeconomics of microfinance
Buera, Francisco; Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Shin, Yongseok - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200911
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Signaling creditworthiness in Peruvian microfinance markets : the role of information sharing
Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009684170