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Trial Status on_going completed
Last Published March 18, 2015 03:24 PM July 25, 2024 03:17 PM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date June 15, 2015
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 676; game order randomized with 6 possible orders
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 676; game order randomized with 6 possible orders
Public Data URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.028
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files No
Data Collection Completion Date June 15, 2015
Is data available for public use? Yes
Keyword(s) Finance, Welfare Finance, Welfare
Building on Existing Work No
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External Links

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External Link URL https://sites.google.com/view/prachijain/home/research?authuser=0
External Link Description Study Documents on Author's Website
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Papers

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Paper Abstract Abstract: This paper examines whether social ties impact informal insurance in the presence of asymmetric information. Using games with residents of informal settlements in Kenya, I vary the observability of task completion and partners. While individuals are less likely to make transfers as a result of imperfect monitoring, socially close individuals are 30% more likely to make transfers. As a result, socially close individuals are 47% more likely to make transfers than socially distant individuals when task completion cannot be observed. I then explore the mechanisms by which social connections influence risk sharing. I find evidence that social connections increase participants’ motivation to work only when task completion cannot be observed, potentially due to social collateral and/or intrinsic motivation.
Paper Citation Prachi Jain, Imperfect monitoring and informal insurance: The role of social ties, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 180, 2020, Pages 241-256, ISSN 0167-2681, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.028.
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.028
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Post Trial Documents

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Description Results Report
File
Results Report JMP.pdf
MD5: 3dd8ebaf25d3af620d2c9e322b1e37cb
SHA1: 9ebeb0bee5d642d78b839a30b87cba67432c9cd8
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