between private social networks, use of informal credit, and household consumption. Instrumental variable regressions indicate …

Using a new and representative data set of Chinese household finance, this paper documents household access to and … household finance, and wealth tends to be associated with better access to formal and informal finance. Better financial … positively associated with access to informal finance. Controlling for household characteristics, rural residents pay interest …

between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the …

opportunities, including for women and youth. This paper examines the role of e-commerce participation in household income growth …-commerce participation is not random: participation is higher among the households with younger household heads, with secondary education …-commerce participation is associated with higher household income, with some indications that participation has a strong positive effect on …

paper examines the long-term effects of household electrification on consumption, labor supply, and schooling in rural India … over 1982-99. It finds that household electrification brought significant gains to consumption and earnings, the latter …

mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program …