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The Financial Inclusion Development and Its Impacts on Disposable Income

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  • Salman Mahmood
  • Wen shuhui
  • Shoaib Aslam
  • Tanveer Ahmed

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The study examines the dimension of financial inclusion from the beneficiaries’ perspective (on the demand side). In addition, the present study seeks to determine the relationship between financial inclusion and the disposable income of Pakistani households. The results revealed four significant dimensions to predict financial inclusion (access, availability, usage, and cost). Furthermore, the results also revealed that financial inclusion significantly and directly and indirectly impacts disposable income. Thus, this research emphasizes that inclusion in the formal financial system can enhance the disposable income of low-income urban households and assist them in combating poverty. Further, this investigation is among the earliest to provide a demand-side perspective to measure the ï¬ nancial inclusion dimensions of the “most financially excluded†group (low-income urban households in Pakistan). Besides, this study advances the literature on financial inclusion and disposable income. It attempts to adequately bridge the gap in the literature by examining the relationship between financial inclusion and disposable income among low-income urban households by employing the structural equation modeling approach.

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  • Salman Mahmood & Wen shuhui & Shoaib Aslam & Tanveer Ahmed, 2022. "The Financial Inclusion Development and Its Impacts on Disposable Income," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:12:y:2022:i:2:p:21582440221093369
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440221093369
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