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The fetters of the sib:an experimental study in Burkina Faso
Vollan, Björn; Hadnes, Myriam; Nilgen, Marco; Kosfeld, … - 2021
We conducted a field experiment in Burkina Faso to investigate the impact of sharing obligations within kin networks on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439529
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Limited insurance within the household : evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan (contributor) - 2008
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited commitment (due to … incomplete contract enforceability) in explaining intra-household risk sharing arrangements in Kenya. The experiment followed 142 … main results. First, since the experimental payments are random, they allow for a direct test of allocative Pareto …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782410
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Limited Insurance within the Household : Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2008
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited commitment (due to … incomplete contract enforceability) in explaining intra-household risk sharing arrangements in Kenya. The experiment followed 142 … main results. First, since the experimental payments are random, they allow for a direct test of allocative Pareto …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213975
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Valuing the time of the self-employed
Agness, Daniel; Baseler, Travis; Chassang, Sylvain; … - 2022
People’s value for their own time is a key input in evaluating public policies: evaluations should account for time taken away from work or leisure as a result of policy. Using rich choice data collected from farming households in western Kenya, we show that households exhibit non-transitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815796
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Limited insurance within the household: Evidence from a field experiment in Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2008
This paper presents results from a randomized field experiment to test for the importance of limited commitment (due to … incomplete contract enforceability) in explaining intra-household risk sharing arrangements in Kenya. The experiment followed 142 … main results. First, since the experimental payments are random, they allow for a direct test of allocative Pareto …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288145
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What's advertising content worth? : evidence from a consumer credit marketing field experiment
Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean; Mullainathan, Sendhil; … - 2009
of advertising content as it compares in magnitude to the effect of price. We analyze a direct mail field experiment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811505
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Linking Savings Behavior, Confidence and Individual Feedback : A Field Experiment in Ethiopia
Avdeenko, Alexandra - 2019
device in the form of a moneybox with a regular savings plan. In our randomized field experiment, we also provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858261
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What's psychology worth? : a field experiment in the consumer credit market
Bertrand, Marianne; Karlan, Dean; Mullainathan, Sendhil; … - 2005
experiences? We report on a field experiment designed to address this question. Incumbent clients of a lender in South Africa were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612044
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Linking savings behavior, confidence and individual feedback : a field experiment in Ethiopia
Avdeenko, Alexandra; Bohne, Albrecht; Frölich, Markus - 2019
device in the form of a moneybox with a regular savings plan. In our randomized field experiment, we also provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126111
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One size doesn't fit all : plurality of social norms and saving behavior in Kenya
Fromell, Hanna; Nosenzo, Daniele; Owens, Trudy; Tufano, … - 2019
We measure the social norms of sharing income with kin and neighbors in villages in Kenya. We find a plurality of norms: from a strict norm prohibiting wealth accumulation to a norm facilitating saving. Several individual and social network characteristics predict the norms upheld; the pro-saving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131669