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How to help the poor to save a bit : evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Akbas, Merve; Ariely, Dan; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; … - 2016
Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and … financial incentives can increase the saving rate of individuals with low and irregular income. Our experiment lasted for six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497226
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A radius of trust? : contrasting insights from experiments and survey data
Parlasca, Martin C.; Hermann, Daniel; Mußhoff, Oliver - 2019
survey data. In this paper we use an incentivized experiment, namely the trust game, and two sets of survey questions to i … so, we measure trust layers of 394 semi-nomadic pastoralists in rural Kenya conditional on three levels of social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099818
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Risky environments, hidden knowledge, and preferences for contract flexibility : an artefactual field experiment
Kunte, Sebastian; Wollni, Meike - 2015
Contract flexibility can be expedient for economic exchange in environments with high ambiguity and risk, but may also encourage opportunistic behavior. We run a modified investment game, including the choice between two different contract designs and asymmetric information about the realized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529510
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Short-run subsidies and long-run adoption of new health products : evidence from a field experiment
Dupas, Pascaline - In: Econometrica : journal of the Econometric Society, an … 82 (2014) 1, pp. 197-228
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404682
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Why Do Politicians Distribute Gifts During Campaigns? Survey Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Kramon, Eric - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133252
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How to Help the Poor to Save a Bit : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Akbaş, Merve - 2016
Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and … financial incentives can increase the saving rate of individuals with low and irregular income. Our experiment lasted for six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987673
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Improving early‐grade literacy in East Africa : experimental evidence from Kenya and Uganda
Lucas, Adrienne M.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Ngware, Moses; … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009739725
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Intertemporal choice and income regularity : non-fungibility in the timing of income among Kenyan farmers
Kramer, Berber; Kunst, David - In: The journal of development studies 56 (2020) 5, pp. 1048-1064
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012260759
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Intertemporal choice and income regularity : non-fungibility in a lab-in-the-field experiment
Kramer, Berber; Kunst, David - 2018 - This version: January 31, 2018
This paper tests whether the choice of when to be paid depends on the income type. A lab-in-the-field experiment in … Kenya asked dairy cooperative members to allocate both an irregular windfall and their regular milk payments between two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794404
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Does increasing the availability of a nutritious food produced by a small- and medium-sized enterprise increase its consumption? : evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Maredia, Mywish K.; Porter, Maria; Nakasone, Eduardo; … - In: Applied economic perspectives and policy 46 (2024) 2, pp. 414-434
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014577641