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Child Gender and Parental Borrowing: Evidence from India

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle; Guérin, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011

The unequal treatment of children is not gender neutral from the parent side. Our results show that women try to … symmetry between mothers' and fathers' financial situations leads to the perpetuation of gender inequality through generations. …

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Subjectivity in credit allocation to micro-entrepreneurs: evidence from Brazil

Agier, Isabelle; Szafarz, Ariane - In: Small Business Economics 41 (2013) 1, pp. 263-275

officer’s subjectivity is captured through gender bias. Our estimations indeed show subjective gender gap in LS. This gap is …

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Child gender and parental borrowing: Evidence from India

Agier, Isabelle; Guérin, Isabelle; Szafarz, Ariane - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 3, pp. 363-365

for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality …

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Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: Do Relationships Between Women Matter? Lessons from rural Southern India

Guérin, Isabelle; Kumar, Santosh; Agier, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2010

In the microfinance industry the idea of “empowerment” is often valued as a means to encourage female emancipation from male domination. This paper’s main purpose is to draw on women’s testimonies and narratives to highlight the fundamental importance within these processes of women’s...

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Subjectivity in Credit Allocation to Micro-Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Brazil

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011

' subjectivity is captured through the lens of disparate treatment based on gender. Indeed, our estimations show that an unfair … gender gap is observed in loan size, and that this gap is almost exclusively attributable to the loan officers. We interpret …

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Credit to Women Entrepreneurs: The Curse of the Trustworthier Sex

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2011

order to assess the existence of gender discrimination in small-business lending. This is precisely the aim of this paper … institution. The empirical results point to gender discrimination. Additionally, it is shown that reducing the information …

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Child Gender and Parental Borrowing: Evidence from India

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle; Guérin, Isabelle - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2012

for their daughters by taking on debt. But wealth asymmetry between mothers and fathers perpetuates gender inequality …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186248

Subjectivity in Credit Allocation to Micro-Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Brazil

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2013

officer’s subjectivity is captured through gender bias. Our estimations indeed show subjective gender gap in LS. This gap is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099512

Microfinance and Gender: Is There a Glass Ceiling in Loan Size?

Szafarz, Ariane; Agier, Isabelle - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2010

from a given group, or 3) no impact. The empirical analysis detects no gender bias in approval rate, but uncovers a glass … ceiling effect hurting female applicants. Moreover, this effect is insensitive to the credit officer's gender. In conclusion …

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