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Last Published July 31, 2018 07:02 AM April 09, 2025 08:46 PM
Public Data URL https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/194886/version/V2/view
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
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Program Files URL https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/194886/version/V2/view
Is data available for public use? Yes
Keyword(s) Finance, Post Conflict Finance, Post Conflict
Building on Existing Work No
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Field Before After
Paper Abstract I examine whether changing the form of disbursement of a microfinance loan enables female microfinance borrowers to overcome intra-household sharing pressure and grow their businesses. Using a field experiment with 3,000 borrowers in Uganda, I compare the disbursement of a loan as cash to disbursement onto a digital account. After 8 months, women who received their microfinance loan on the digital account had 11 percent higher (US$70) business capital and 15 percent higher (US$18) profits compared to those who received their loan as cash. Impacts were greatest for women who experienced pressure to share money with others in the household at baseline.
Paper Citation Riley, Emma. 2024. "Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda." American Economic Review 114 (5): 1415–47.
Paper URL https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20220717
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