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We conduct a field experiment with 1,300 participants in India to measure whether individuals save more when … frequently.In 30 villages, we randomly assign monitors to a subset of savers. An average monitor increases total savings by 35 … better respond to shocks. In the remaining 30 villages, savers choose their own monitors. We find that savers choose monitors …
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. We conduct a laboratory experiment in 40 Indian villages, with 960 non-anonymized subjects, where we have social network …
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this prediction with data from 35 Indian villages, we find that respondents accurately nominate those who are diffusion …
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models can be written as SERGMs and SUGMs, and apply our models and techniques to network data from rural Indian villages …
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the extent to which networks substitute for enforcement, we conducted high-stakes games across 34 Indian villages. We …
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networks. We first study 75 villages in Karnataka, 43 of which were exposed to microfinance after we first collected detailed … network data. Networks shrink more in exposed villages. Links between households that were unlikely to ever borrow from …
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TRAIL) was offered in randomly selected villages. In remaining villages a more traditional design (called GBL) was offered …
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shapes the efficiency and equity of resource use, in the context of agricultural groundwater use in Rajasthan, India. We find …
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This paper contributes to the understanding of how to maximize the impact of publicly provided climate finance to leverage the private sector. Agencies seeking to promote private investment in support of climate change mitigation and adaptation may have a choice between subsidizing projects or...
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We introduce and quantify a new channel through which the housing market affects household spending: the home purchase channel. Using an event-study design with data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, we show that households spend on average $3,700 more in the months before and the first year...
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