The HIV/AIDS pandemic has caused numerous deaths. One consequence of this is the prevalence of orphanhood. We investigate whether individuals who were orphaned as a child suffer long-term consequences through an underinvestment in social capital. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in rural...

We ask whether access to microfinance loans by the poor has a spillover effect on their pro-social behaviors. An experimental field study in southern, Uganda is conducted using free riding in public goods contributions as an assessment. We document higher levels of contributions by those who...