It's Hard To Save at Home
So say 87% of the respondents in a survey used by Dupas and Robinson in an interesting forthcoming paper on what happens when you help people get set up with bank accounts in Kenya. And, as we will...
View ArticleLong-term effects of a short-term boost to savings – are mental accounts the...
Standard economic theory would suggest that a one-time infusion of cash should have at most a temporary effect on business profitability – over time, individuals facing high returns should be able to...
View ArticleWeekly links December 19: Savings, basic incomes, skill gaps & M&Ms, and more…
On the FAI blog Tim Ogden discusses what we mean by savings when we talk about it as an outcome. A snapshot of the job market this year from 538 – what the next generation of economists is working on?...
View ArticleUnmet Liquidity Needs and the Spread of Sports Betting: Guest post by Sylvan...
This is the tenth in our job market paper series this year. In developing countries, the high costs of credit along with varied impediments to saving, make it challenging for people to raise large sums...
View ArticleDoes Mobile Money Mobilize Savings? Yes. Guest Post by Alev Gurbuz
This is the fourteenth in this year's job market series.
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