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Sean Higgins

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Affiliation

Department of Finance
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/departments/finance.aspx
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Working papers

  1. Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Ulrike Malmendier & Waldo Ojeda, 2025. "Do Behavioral Frictions Prevent Firms from Adopting Profitable Opportunities?," NBER Working Papers 33387, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Laura Chioda & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Paolina C. Medina, 2024. "FinTech Lending to Borrowers with No Credit History," NBER Working Papers 33208, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  3. Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Aisling Scott & Enrique Seira, 2023. "Using Lotteries to Attract Deposits," NBER Working Papers 31529, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2017. "How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," NBER Working Papers 23252, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Sean Higgins & Nora Lustig, 2015. "Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor?," Working Papers 363, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.

Articles

  1. Sean Higgins, 2024. "Financial Technology Adoption: Network Externalities of Cashless Payments in Mexico," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 114(11), pages 3469-3512, November.
  2. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2021. "How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 76(4), pages 1913-1957, August.
  3. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2018. "Digital Financial Services Go a Long Way: Transaction Costs and Financial Inclusion," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 108, pages 444-448, May.
  4. Higgins, Sean & Lustig, Nora, 2016. "Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 63-75.

Software components

  1. Sean Higgins, 2018. "FISCAL_IMPOVERISHMENT: Stata module to estimate fiscal impoverishment and fiscal gains to the poor," Statistical Software Components S458477, Boston College Department of Economics.
  2. Sean Higgins, 2016. "EXAMPLEOBS: Stata module to prints example observations," Statistical Software Components S458140, Boston College Department of Economics.
  3. Sean Higgins, 2016. "TAIL: Stata module to print the tail observations (last observations in data set)," Statistical Software Components S458142, Boston College Department of Economics.
  4. Sean Higgins, 2016. "RANDOMSELECT: Stata module to randomly select and tag observations," Statistical Software Components S458200, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 18 Sep 2017.
  5. Sean Higgins, 2016. "HEAD: Stata module to print the head observations (first observations in data set)," Statistical Software Components S458141, Boston College Department of Economics.
  6. Sean Higgins & Rodrigo Aranda & Ruoxi Li, 2013. "CEQ: Stata module to carry out Commitment to Equity (CEQ) fiscal incidence analysis," Statistical Software Components S457605, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 18 Mar 2024.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2017. "How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," NBER Working Papers 23252, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Galiani, Sebastian & Gertler, Paul & Navajas-Ahumada, Camila, 2022. "Trust and saving in financial institutions by the poor," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    2. Kozo Ueda, 2022. "Effects of Bank Branch/ATM Consolidations on Cash Demand: Evidence from Bank Account Transaction Data in Japan," CIGS Working Paper Series 22-003E, The Canon Institute for Global Studies.
    3. Arvind Agrawal & James W. Gentry, 2020. "Why do many consumers prefer to pay now when they could pay later?," Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 607-627, June.
    4. Karlan, Dean & Horn, Samantha & Jamison, Julian C. & Zinman, Jonathan, 2020. "Does lasting behavior change require knowledge change? Evidence from savings interventions for young adults," CEPR Discussion Papers 15392, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    5. Carolina Laureti & Alain De Janvry & Elisabeth Sadoulet, 2017. "Flexible Microfinance Products for Financial Management by the Poor: Evidence from SafeSave," Working Papers CEB 17-036, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    6. Tweneboah Senzu, Emmanuel, 2021. "Financial Inclusion: Theory and Policy guide for fragile economies," MPRA Paper 111002, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Giulia Bettin & Claudia Pigini & Alberto Zazzaro, 2020. "Financial Inclusion and Poverty Transitions: An Empirical Analysis for Italy," CSEF Working Papers 577, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    8. Abhijit Banerjee & Claudia Martinez A. & Esteban Puentes, 2023. "The Impact of Subsidy Delivery Method on Savings Behavior: Experimental Evidence," Working Papers wp548, University of Chile, Department of Economics.
    9. Vera-Cossio, Diego A. & Hoffmann, Bridget & Pecha, Camilo & Gallego, Jorge & Stampini, Marco & Vargas, David & Medina, María Paula & Álvarez, Esteban, 2023. "Re-thinking Social Protection: From Poverty Alleviation to Building Resilience in Middle-Income Households," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12925, Inter-American Development Bank.
    10. Herrera, Roberto & Pino, Gabriel, 2023. "The effect of administrative divisions on the distribution of individual income in the new territories of Chile," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    11. Kozo UEDA & Hinata Sasaki, 2024. "Do Cashless Payments Stimulate Spending? Evidence from QR Code Payment Campaigns and Bank Transaction Data in Japan," CIGS Working Paper Series 24-008E, The Canon Institute for Global Studies.
    12. Sharon Chen & Sebastian Doerr & Jon Frost & Leonardo Gambacorta & Hyun Song Shin, 2021. "The fintech gender gap," BIS Working Papers 931, Bank for International Settlements.
    13. Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2019. "Access to Banking, Savings and Consumption Smoothing in Rural India," IHEID Working Papers 09-2019, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    14. Shawn Cole & Benjamin Iverson & Peter Tufano, 2022. "Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-Linked Savings Accounts," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(5), pages 3282-3308, May.
    15. Silva, Cinthya & Pino, Gabriel, 2024. "Financial inclusion and roof quality: Satellite evidence from Chilean slums," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    16. Carranza,Eliana & Donald,Aletheia Amalia & Grosset,Florian & Kaur,Supreet, 2022. "The Social Tax : Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10155, The World Bank.
    17. Brown, Martin & Hentschel, Nicole & Mettler, Hannes & Stix, Helmut, 2022. "The convenience of electronic payments and consumer cash demand," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 86-102.
    18. Angelucci, Manuela & Chiapa, Carlos & Prina, Silvia & Rojas, Irvin, 2021. "Transitory Income Changes and Consumption Smoothing: Evidence from Mexico," IZA Discussion Papers 14452, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    19. Nicola Limodio & Francesco Strobbe, 2017. "Bank Deposits and Liquidity Regulation: Evidence from Ethiopia," Working Papers 612, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University.
    20. Erica Field & Rohini Pande & Natalia Rigol & Simone Schaner & Charity Troyer Moore, 2019. "On Her Own Account: How Strengthening Women's Financial Control Impacts Labor Supply and Gender Norms," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2201, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    21. Fernando Alvarez & David Argente & Rafael Jimenez & Francesco Lippi, 2021. "Cash: A Blessing or a Curse?," EIEF Working Papers Series 2110, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), revised May 2021.
    22. Timmons, Shane & Robertson, Deirdre & Lunn, Pete, 2022. "Combining nudges and boosts to increase precautionary saving: A large-scale field experiment," Papers WP722, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
    23. Agnieszka Strzelecka & Danuta Zawadzka, 2023. "Savings as a Source of Financial Energy on the Farm—What Determines the Accumulation of Savings by Agricultural Households? Model Approach," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-18, January.
    24. Kanz, Martin & Breza, Emily & Klapper, Leora F., 2020. "Learning to Navigate a New Financial Technology: Evidence from Payroll Accounts," CEPR Discussion Papers 15565, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    25. Gasmi, Farid & Aurazo, Jose, 2022. "Labor informality and financial inclusion transitions: Evidence from Peru," TSE Working Papers 22-1349, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    26. Cruces, Guillermo, 2023. "Conditional Cash Transfers, Debit Cards and Financial Inclusion: Experimental Evidence from Argentina," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13034, Inter-American Development Bank.
    27. Matheus C Sampaio & Jose Renato H Ornelas, 2024. "Payment technology complementarities and their consequences on the banking sector: evidence from Brazil's Pix," BIS Papers chapters, in: Bank for International Settlements (ed.), Faster digital payments: global and regional perspectives, volume 127, pages 17-43, Bank for International Settlements.
    28. Hernández Romero, Karla & Vera-Cossio, Diego A. & Hoffmann, Bridget & Pecha, Camilo, 2024. "The Promises of Digital Bank Accounts for Low-income Individuals," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13379, Inter-American Development Bank.
    29. Jose Aurazo & Farid Gasmi, 2024. "Financial inclusion transitions in Peru: does labor informality play a role?," BIS Working Papers 1200, Bank for International Settlements.
    30. Abhijit Banerjee & Claudia Martínez A & Esteban Puentes, 2023. "Better Strategies for Saving More Evidence from Three Interventions in Chile," Working Papers wp545, University of Chile, Department of Economics.
    31. Daniela Fernanda Diaz & Sonia Di Giannatale & Irvin Rojas, 2023. "Financial Vulnerability and Financial Instruments: Evidence from Mexico," Sobre México. Revista de Economía, Sobre México. Temas en economía, vol. 1(8), pages 94-134.

  2. Sean Higgins & Nora Lustig, 2015. "Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor?," Working Papers 363, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.

    Cited by:

    1. Nora Lustig, 2016. "The Sustainable Development Goals, Domestic Resource Mobilization and the Poor," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 61, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    2. Dalmacio & William Seitz & Jon Jellema & Maya Goldman, 2021. "The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Poverty and Inequality in Tajikistan," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 108, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    3. Schaffitzel, Filip & Jakob, Michael & Soria, Rafael & Vogt-Schilb, Adrien & Ward, Hauke, 2020. "Can government transfers make energy subsidy reform socially acceptable? A case study on Ecuador," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
    4. Jon Jellema & Nora Lustig & Astrid Haas & Sebastian Wolf, 2016. "The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty in Uganda," Working Papers 1614, Tulane University, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2017.
    5. Maya GOLDMAN & Ingrid WOOLARD & Jon JELLEMA, 2020. "The Impact of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty and Income Distribution in South Africa 2014/2015," Working Paper 148aae17-521b-428b-85de-b, Agence française de développement.
    6. Gupta, Sanjeev & Jalles, João Tovar, 2022. "Do tax reforms affect income distribution? Evidence from developing countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    7. Nga Thi Viet Nguyen & Ivica Rubil, 2021. "Fiscal Policies, Inequality, and Poverty in Croatia," Working Papers 2104, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb.
    8. Nora Lustig, 2016. "Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide to Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty," Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Working Paper Series 01, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    9. Matěj Bajgar & Petr Janský & Klára Kalíšková, 2019. "The poor outside the lamplight: on the prevalence of poverty among population groups not included in household surveys," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(2), pages 181-199, March.
    10. Malerba, Daniele & Gaentzsch, Anja & Ward, Hauke, 2021. "Mitigating poverty: The patterns of multiple carbon tax and recycling regimes for Peru," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C).

Articles

  1. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2021. "How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 76(4), pages 1913-1957, August.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2018. "Digital Financial Services Go a Long Way: Transaction Costs and Financial Inclusion," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 108, pages 444-448, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Galiani, Sebastian & Gertler, Paul & Navajas-Ahumada, Camila, 2022. "Trust and saving in financial institutions by the poor," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    2. Ozili, Peterson Kitakogelu, 2021. "Financial inclusion-exclusion paradox: how banked adults become unbanked again," MPRA Paper 108494, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Lucas A. Mariani & Jose Renato Haas Ornelas & Bernardo Ricca, 2023. "Banks’ Physical Footprint and Financial Technology Adoption," Working Papers Series 576, Central Bank of Brazil, Research Department.
    4. Orkun Saka & Barry Eichengreen & Cevat Giray Aksoy, 2021. "Epidemic Exposure, Fintech Adoption, and the Digital Divide," CESifo Working Paper Series 9173, CESifo.
    5. Xiaomeng Lu & Yali Lai & Yong Zhang, 2023. "Digital financial inclusion and investment diversification: Evidence from China," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 63(S2), pages 2781-2799, June.
    6. Kozo Ueda, 2022. "Effects of Bank Branch/ATM Consolidations on Cash Demand: Evidence from Bank Account Transaction Data in Japan," CIGS Working Paper Series 22-003E, The Canon Institute for Global Studies.
    7. Giulia Bettin & Claudia Pigini & Alberto Zazzaro, 2020. "Financial Inclusion and Poverty Transitions: An Empirical Analysis for Italy," CSEF Working Papers 577, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    8. Ozili Peterson K., 2020. "Comparing Digital Finance in the UK, US, India and Nigeria," Financial Internet Quarterly (formerly e-Finanse), Sciendo, vol. 16(4), pages 1-11, December.
    9. Saka, O. & Eichengreen, B. & Aksoy, C. G., 2021. "Epidemic Exposure, Financial Technology, and the Digital Divide," Working Papers 21/03, Department of Economics, City University London.
    10. Hilt, Eric & Jaremski, Matthew & Rahn, Wendy, 2022. "When Uncle Sam introduced Main Street to Wall Street: Liberty Bonds and the transformation of American finance," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(1), pages 194-216.
    11. Lederman,Daniel & Zouaidi,Marwane, 2020. "Incidence of the Digital Economy and Frictional Unemployment : International Evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9170, The World Bank.
    12. Pierre Bachas & Paul Gertler & Sean Higgins & Enrique Seira, 2017. "How Debit Cards Enable the Poor to Save More," NBER Working Papers 23252, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    13. Heng Chen & Matthew Strathearn & Marcel Voia, 2021. "Consumer Cash Withdrawal Behaviour: Branch Networks and Online Financial Innovation," Staff Working Papers 21-28, Bank of Canada.
    14. Ozili, Peterson K, 2021. "Financial inclusion: the globally important determinants," MPRA Paper 111342, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    15. Ozili, Peterson K, 2022. "Digital financial inclusion," MPRA Paper 113789, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    16. Brown, Martin & Hentschel, Nicole & Mettler, Hannes & Stix, Helmut, 2022. "The convenience of electronic payments and consumer cash demand," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 86-102.
    17. Kodongo, Odongo, 2023. "Does the fintech ecosystem promote effective financial inclusion in Kenya?," KBA Centre for Research on Financial Markets and Policy Working Paper Series 70, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA).
    18. Marcos Agurto & Habiba Djebbari & Sudipta Sarangi Author-Name: Brenda Silupú Author-Name: Carolina Trivelli Author-Name: Javier Torres, 2020. "Local ambassadors promote mobile banking in Northern Peru," Working Papers PIERI 2020-04, PEP-PIERI.
    19. Ozili, Peterson Kitakogelu, 2022. "Financial inclusion in Nigeria: an overview," MPRA Paper 113572, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    20. Yang, Tong & Zhang, Xun, 2022. "FinTech adoption and financial inclusion: Evidence from household consumption in China," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
    21. Lin William Cong & Ke Tang & Yanxin Wang & Xi Zhao, 2023. "Inclusion and Democratization Through Web3 and DeFi? Initial Evidence from the Ethereum Ecosystem," NBER Working Papers 30949, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    22. Zhong, Weiqiang & Jiang, Tingfeng, 2021. "Can internet finance alleviate the exclusiveness of traditional finance? evidence from Chinese P2P lending markets," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 40(C).
    23. Charoenwong, Ben & Kowaleski, Zachary T. & Kwan, Alan & Sutherland, Andrew G., 2024. "RegTech: Technology-driven compliance and its effects on profitability, operations, and market structure," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
    24. Ma, Yechi & Ding, Yibing & Bu, Ziwen & Li, Suyang, 2024. "Political freedom and financial inclusion: Unraveling social trust and political rent-seeking," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 220(C), pages 46-65.
    25. Bo Yang & Xiangnan Wang & Tong Wu & Weihua Deng, 2023. "Reducing farmers' poverty vulnerability in China: The role of digital financial inclusion," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 1445-1480, August.
    26. Lu, Xiaomeng & Zhang, Xianjun & Guo, Jiaojiao & Yue, Pengpeng, 2024. "Digital finance era: Will individual investors become better players?," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    27. Liu, Guohui & Zhang, Weiguo & Chen, Yan, 2024. "Being a householder speaking a foreign language: Foreign language proficiency and the internet technology adoption of the household," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    28. Camara,Youssouf, 2021. "Digital Payments and Business Resilience : Evidence in the Time of COVID-19," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9665, The World Bank.
    29. Guo, Xiuping & Wang, Luting & Meng, Xianglei & Dong, Xintong & Gu, Lili, 2023. "The impact of digital inclusive finance on farmers' income level: evidence from China's major grain production regions," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PC).
    30. Yun Ye & Yongjian Pu & Ailun Xiong, 2022. "The impact of digital finance on household participation in risky financial markets: Evidence-based study from China," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(4), pages 1-16, April.
    31. Reher, Michael & Sokolinski, Stanislav, 2024. "Robo advisors and access to wealth management," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).

  3. Higgins, Sean & Lustig, Nora, 2016. "Can a poverty-reducing and progressive tax and transfer system hurt the poor?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 63-75.
    See citations under working paper version above.

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  1. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (3) 2017-03-26 2025-01-27 2025-02-10
  2. NEP-BAN: Banking (2) 2017-03-26 2023-09-18
  3. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2015-05-22 2017-03-05
  4. NEP-BIG: Big Data (1) 2025-01-27
  5. NEP-CFN: Corporate Finance (1) 2025-02-10
  6. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2025-02-10
  7. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2023-09-18
  8. NEP-FMK: Financial Markets (1) 2025-01-27
  9. NEP-INV: Investment (1) 2025-01-27
  10. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2015-05-22
  11. NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (1) 2025-02-10
  12. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2017-03-26

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