The Economics of Lending with Joint Liability: Theory and Practice.

The study examines the effects of gender and credit constraints on rural students' advancement to secondary education, which is arguably the major bottleneck in Thailand's education system. Credit constraints are measured indirectly through rainfall variation, availability of informal lenders in the village, and household specific variables especially titled land owned by the household.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Ghatak, M. ; Guinnane, T.W.
Institutions:	Economic Growth Center, Economics Department
Subject:	BANKS \| LIABILITY \| CREDIT \| COOPERATIVES

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Series:	Yale - Economic Growth Center.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	33 pages
Classification:	D82 - Asymmetric and Private Information ; G20 - Financial Institutions and Services. General ; N23 - Europe: Pre-1913 ; O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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