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Brazilian currency

Reading the Fine Print: Credit Demand and Information Disclosure in Brazil

Bruno Ferman
Man smiles while counting money

Incentives to Save in Ghana

Gharad Bryan
Margaret McConnell
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Social Pressure and Charitable Giving in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao

Deposit Collectors in the Philippines

Nava Ashraf
Dean Karlan
Wes Yin
Researchers evaluated the impact of a door-to-door deposit-collecting service, which regularly collected funds from clients’ homes to be deposited at a local bank, on clients’ savings. Results demonstrated that clients who lived farther from a bank were more likely to take up the service, and...
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Reminder Messaging and Peer Support for Debt Reduction in the United States

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
Father with young children

Small Individual Loans and Mental Health in South Africa

Lia C.H. Fernald
Rita Hamad
Dean Karlan
Emily Ozer
Jonathan Zinman
This evaluation examined the direct impact of providing small consumer loans to marginally creditworthy individuals in South Africa on their credit access, investment, and well-being, as well as the profitability of these loans for lenders. Results found approving loans for marginally creditworthy...
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Behavioral Responses to a Social Security Information Intervention in the United States

Jeffrey Liebman
Erzo Luttmer
Woman selling produce in Kolkata.

Household Matters: Revisiting the Returns to Capital among Female Micro-entrepreneurs

Arielle Bernhardt
Erica Field
Rohini Pande
Natalia Rigol
Researchers re-examined data from previous studies in Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka to better understand the impact of credit and cash grant variations on micro-enterprise profits. Their results suggest that the gender gap in micro-enterprise performance was not due to ability, but rather to women’s...