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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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 salient constraint … to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary catastrophic risk they face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083318
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; … - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 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 salient constraint … to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary catastrophic risk they face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010908078
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - 2012
profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in which farmers were randomly assigned to receive cash grants … strong, and insurance leads to significantly larger agricultural investment and riskier production choices in agriculture …. The salient constraint to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610695
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean; Osei, Robert Darko; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; … - 2013
profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in which farmers were randomly assigned to receive cash grants … strong, and insurance leads to significantly larger agricultural investment and riskier production choices in agriculture …. The salient constraint to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160330
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean - 2013
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/10013089789
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Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints
Karlan, Dean; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2012
. -- agriculture ; insurance markets ; credit markets ; risk ; underinvestment ; misallocation … 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 salient constraint …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009658902
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Self-selection into credit markets : evidence from agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - 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/10010385235
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Self-selection into credit markets: Evidence from agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - 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/10010507634
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Savings groups reduce vulnerability, but have mixed effects on financial inclusion
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Valdivia, J. Martín - 2020
This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and administrative records, we investigate the impact of savings groups after more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604844
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Osei, Robert Darko; … - Economics Department, Yale University - 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 salient constraint … to farmer investment is uninsured risk: when provided with insurance against the primary catastrophic risk they face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010838898