We study repayment and delinquency in the context of an alternative financial product that enables the purchase of a large asset---a solar panel home system---while offering complete repayment flexibility. Using a large administrative data set on daily repayment of 38,400 borrowers in Tanzania...

This paper examines the effect of reduced self-control on debt-taking in a laboratory experiment. We manipulate self-control using an ego depletion task and show that it is effective. Following the ego depletion task, participants can anonymously buy hot drinks on credit. We find no significant...

We study repayment and delinquency in an innovative loan contract that offers borrowers a wide range of flexibility. Using a large administrative dataset, we perform unsupervised pattern analysis to study how borrowers repay within the framework of this loan. We identify eight clusters that can...

This paper looks at household consumption and financial decisions made in a matrilineal society where women are by culture the financial household managers. This culture was strongly altered by the British in the mid-19th century in particular through christian missionaries who proclaimed that...

Research has consistently shown that women's involvement in household decision making positively affects household outcomes such as nutrition and education of children. Is financial literacy a determinant for women to participate in intra-household decision making? Using data on savings groups...

Die finanzielle Inklusion von Geflüchteten ist ein entscheidender Baustein der Integration in die deutsche Gesellschaft. In diesem Bericht wird die finanzielle Inklusion einer Gruppe von 31 in Berlin lebenden syrischen Geflüchteten anhand von Befragungen untersucht. Offensichtlich funktioniert...

A number of studies show that there is a link between social comparison and high levels of household debt. However, the exact mechanisms behind this link are not yet well understood. In this paper, we perform a lab experiment designed to study the eff ects of social image concerns and peer...