Similar Search Results

Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints

Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Osei, Robert Darko; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in which farmers were randomly assigned to receive cash grants, grants of or … leads to significantly larger agricultural investment and riskier production choices in agriculture. The binding constraint … to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary catastrophic risk they face …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969291

Self-Selection into Credit Markets: Evidence from Agriculture in Mali

Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Beaman, Lori; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

We partnered with a micro‐lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no- loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969288

Forecasting Profitability

Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We use newly-available Indian panel data to estimate how the returns to planting-stage investments vary by rainfall realizations. We show that the forecasts significantly affect farmer investment decisions and that these responses account for a substantial fraction of the inter-annual...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796654

Follow the Money: Methods for Identifying Consumption and Investment Responses to a Liquidity Shock

Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan; Osman, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796676

Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose: Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development

Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Knight, Ryan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

motivating experiment from Ghana, and second a small meta-analysis of other experiments. In the Ghana experiment, we provide …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950711

Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali

Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Beaman, Lori A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

In an experiment providing fertilizer grants to women rice farmers in Mali, we found that women who received fertilizer increased both the quantity of fertilizer they used on their plots and complementary inputs such as herbicides and hired labor. This highlights that farmers respond to an...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010785597

Market Structure, Outgrower contracs and Farm Output. Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia

Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

This paper investigates the dynamic impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm output in rural Zambia. Following liberalization and the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board, the sector developed an outgrower scheme whereby cotton firms provided credit, access to inputs and output...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105857

Risk, Insurance and Wages in General Equilibrium

Rosenzweig, Mark; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

where households supplying labor and households hiring labor face weather risk. Consistent with theoretical predictions, we …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796570

Motivating Migrants: A Field Experiment on Financial Decision-Making in Transnational Households

Seshan, Ganesh; Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

We randomly assigned male migrant workers in Qatar invitations to a motivational workshop aimed at improving financial habits and encouraging joint decision-making with spouses back home in India. 13-17 months later, we surveyed migrants and wives to estimate intent-to-treat impacts in their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821760

Referrals: Peer Screening and Enforcement in a Consumer Credit Field Experiment

Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan; Bryan, Gharad T. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Empirical evidence on peer intermediation lags behind many years of lending practice and a large body of theory in which lenders use peers to mitigate adverse selection and moral hazard. Using a simple referral incentive mechanism under individual liability, we develop and implement a two-stage...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652895