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Whose voice matters? : an experimental examination of women empowerment in microfinance
Abbink, Klaus; Islam, Asad; Nguyen, Chau - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011792212
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The Effect of Gender Disparities and COVID-19 on the Time to Repay of Microfinance Loans : Evidence from Mexico
Bátiz-Zuk, Enrique; González Holden, Alexa - 2022
This paper investigates how gender disparities affect the time to default of both group and individual micro-finance … loans. We also document and control for the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on micro-finance loan borrower’s time to repay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014237454
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Identifying gender disparities on the time to repay microfinance group loans : evidence from Mexico
Bátiz-Zuk, Enrique; González-Holden, Alexa - 2023
This paper investigates how gender disparities affect the time to repay group micro-finance loans using survival … micro-finance loan borrowers to repay. We use a large sample of bank microfinance group loans from August 2017 to August …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391252
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Gender gaps in PISA test scores: The impact of social norms and the mother's transmission of role attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara; de la Rica, Sara - 2012
The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten years reveals that on average female students underperform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282145
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Gender gaps in PISA test scores : the impact of social norms and the mother's transmission of role attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara; Rica, Sara de la - 2012
The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten years reveals that on average female students underperform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530721
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Gender Gaps in PISA Test Scores : The Impact of Social Norms and the Mother's Transmission of Role Attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara - 2012
The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten years reveals that on average female students underperform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110509
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The gender of debt and credit: insights from Rural Tamil Nadu
Guérin, Isabelle; Nordman, Christophe J.; Reboul, Elena - 2020
The champions of financial inclusion regret women’s lack of access to credit, while critics of financialization, by contrast, claim that women have become overly indebted. But little is actually known about women’s debt/credit in quantitative terms, mostly due to a lack of data. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316897
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Financial Inclusion, Gender Dimension, and Economic Impact on Poor Households
Swamy, Vighneswara - 2014
We examine the question: “In the context of gender dimension what is the evidence of the impact of the financial inclusion programs on poor households represented by women relative to that represented by men?” By constructing a good counterfactual and comparison group, we employ the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053196
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The Gender Impact of Microfinance : The Case of Wekembe in Uganda
Corsi, Marcella - 2013
Microfinance industry has grown massively in the past decades. Even if it is commonly considered as an important … development tool, the evidence of the socio-economic impact of microfinance is mixed, regardless of what methodology has been … applied. The purpose of this study is to assess the socio-economic impact of microfinance on the clients of a microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071779
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Microfinance and Gender : Is There a Glass Ceiling on Loan Size?
Agier, Isabelle - 2013
Most of the customers of microfinance institutions are female. But do men and women benefit from the same credit … comprising 34,000 loan applications from a Brazilian microfinance institution. The model determines the optimal loan size fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013094965