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Savings by and for the poor : a research review and agenda
Karlan, Dean; Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi; Zinman, Jonathan - 2014
five sets of constraints that may hinder the adoption and effective usage of savings products and services by the poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339591
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The determinants of occupational sorting : evidence from Mozambique
Ferreira, Ines A.; Jones, Sam; Mouco, Jorge; Santos, Ricardo - 2021
We examine the link between individual characteristics and sorting into different occupations using data from university students in Mozambique. We provide a comprehensive approach combining the main determinants of occupational sorting identified in the literature in a single framework to test...
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Character or context : what explains behavioural dishonesty in low-income countries?
Ferreira, Ines A.; Jones, Sam; Mouco, Jorge - 2020
We run a lab-in-the-field experiment with 1,060 university students in Mozambique to examine the correlates of behavioural dishonesty, distinguishing between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Using an incentivized dice game, which yields direct estimates of the propensity to cheat, we find that...
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Transfers and development : easy come, easy go?
Christiaensen, Luc J.; Lei Pan - 2010
Contrary to the popular notion that money that is easily earned, is also easily spent, economic theory holds that income is fungible. Drawing on the concept of mental accounting, this study theoretically explores when such a link between spending behaviour and the effort dispensed in obtaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780386
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Effects of food price shocks on child malnutrition : the Mozambican experience 2008/09
Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Østerdal, Lars Peter - 2012
A propitiously timed household survey carried out in Mozambique over the period 2008-09 permits us to evaluate the short-to-medium run relationship between sudden shocks to food prices and child nutrition status. We link local price inflation with child malnutrition status. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009633859
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A Phoenix in flames? : portfolio choice and violence in civil war in rural Burundi
Nillesen, Eleonora; Verwimp, Philip - 2010
This paper challenges the idea that farmers revert to subsistence farming when confronted with violence from civil war. Macro-economic evidence on economic legacies of civil war suggests that civil wars, while obviously disastrous in the short run, do not need to have persistent effects on long...
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Effects of the COVID-19 crisis on household food consumption and child nutrition in Mozambique
Squarcina, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria - 2022
This study investigates the short-term impacts of an aggregate socioeconomic shock on household food consumption and children's nutrition using the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. In response to the economic downturn, households are expected to adjust their food choices both in...
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Conspicuous consumption for social parity
Srikanth, Chinmayi; Dey, Shubhasis - 2023
The extant literature on status-signalling primarily adopts Veblen's theory of class to caste and racial identities. This study aims to adopt a more suitable theoretical lens that is more relevant not only for class identities, but also for other identities such as caste and race. By viewing...
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Crowding out effects of financial knowledge and attitude on risk preferences : evidence from a least developed African country
Tacneng, Ruth; Puzon, Klarizze Anne Martin; Barry, … - 2021
Using hand-collected survey and experimental data, we examine the determinants of financial literacy as well as the link between self-reported risk and elicited risk preferences in a least developed African country, Guinea. We measure financial literacy as the sum of three elements: financial...
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Social capital, network effects and savings in rural Vietnam
Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van den Broeck, Katleen - 2012
savings where knowledge gaps exist. Networks are defined as active membership of women's unions and the quality of networks is … measured by the level of formal savings observed among group members. We find that membership of high quality networks leads to … formal networks could be effective in increasing formal savings at grassroots level. We also conclude that ensuring …
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