| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
| Field Intervention Completion Date | Before | After October 31, 2022 |
| Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
| Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After 15000 |
| Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
| Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 15000 |
| Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After 7500 |
| Field Is there a restricted access data set available on request? | Before | After No |
| Field Program Files | Before | After No |
| Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After October 31, 2022 |
| Field Is data available for public use? | Before | After No |
| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Can providing information at-scale through mobile phones increase financial technology adoption? We randomly assigned 15,000 bank clients in Ghana to receive high-frequency interactive voice response calls encouraging the adoption of mobile banking services, a technology linking a bank account and a mobile phone. Analysis using nine months of administrative records show encouragement increased the use of mobile banking by 6.3 percentage points, triple the control group mean. Those who received mobile banking encouragement reduced their trips to the bank branch by 11% but were 8% more likely to make loan repayments on time, demonstrating improved financial behavior while reducing travel expenditures. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Riley, E., & Shonchoy, A. (2022). A National Information Campaign Encouraging Financial Technology Use in Ghana (Vol. 2206). Florida International University, Department of Economics. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://economics.fiu.edu/research/pdfs/2022_working_papers/2206.pdf |