Summary Channels for the influence of microfinance programs on a rural household's demand for schooling are identified: income growth, risk management, child-labor demand, gender empowerment, and parent information. Within a random-utility framework, a model of household consumption, investment...

Los programas de microfinanzas, a la vez que estrategia para reducir la pobreza, pueden tener efecto en el desempeño escolar de los hijos de sus clientes. Este trabajo utiliza datos de tres encuestas realizadas a hogares clientes de organizaciones microfinancieras en Bolivia, para examinar...

Por la inestabilidad social, política y macroeconómica que Bolivia ha experimentado en la última década, el sistema financiero ha estado expuesto a sucesivos y acumulativos shocks sistémicos. Sin embargo, la coincidencia de estos riesgos no ha sido uniforme entre las unidades financieras....

En el entorno sociopolítico boliviano, caracterizado por fuertes shocks sistémicos que inducen a pérdidas de confianza, el riesgo de liquidez se refleja en la volatilidad de los depósitos. Los efectos de estos shocks sobre cada tipo de intermediario no son uniformes. El artículo describe la...

This paper explores the influences of financial deepening on growth and its volatility. Following a review of the theoretical literature that has attempted to explain these relationships, the paper presents time series evidence for the cases of Mexico and the US. The results suggest that, in the...

The paper explores the influences of financial development on economic growth and its volatility. First, it discusses the theoretical literature that attempts to explain these relationships. Then, it presents time series evidence for the cases of Mexico and the US. We use GARCH models, which...

This paper explores the influences of financial deepening on growth and its volatility. Following a review of the theoretical literature that has attempted to explain these relationships, the paper presents time series evidence for the cases of Mexico and the US. The results suggest that, in the...

There is debate about measurement of impact and achievement of expected results of rural microfinance programs in LDCs. The paper addresses these issues using survey household data from Bolivia. Regression models examine the determinants of education outcomes for microfinance clients. The...