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Vincent Somville

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First Name:Vincent
Middle Name:Emile Andre
Last Name:Somville
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https://www.nhh.no/en/employees/faculty/vincent-somville/
Twitter: @vincentsomville

Affiliation

(83%) Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi
Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway
https://www.nhh.no/institutt/samfunnsokonomi/
RePEc:edi:sonhhno (more details at EDIRC)

(17%) Chr. Michelsen Institute

Bergen, Norway
http://www.cmi.no/
RePEc:edi:cmiiino (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

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Working papers

  1. Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal & Bjorvatn, Kjetil & Makene, Fortunata & Sekei, Linda Helgesson & Somville, Vincent & Tungodden, Bertil, 2022. "On the Doorstep of Adulthood: Empowering Economic and Fertility Choices of Young Women," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 15/2022, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
  2. Bjorvatn, Kjetil & Ferris, Denise & Gulesci, Selim & Nasgowitz, Arne & Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2022. "Childcare, labor supply, and business development: Experimental evidence from Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 17243, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  3. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2021. "Material resources and well-being — Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 11/2021, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
  4. Almås, Ingvild & Somville, Vincent, 2020. "The effect of gender-targeted transfers: Experimental Evidence from India," CEPR Discussion Papers 15218, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Franklin, Simon & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent & Villanger, Espen & Getahun, Tigabu, 2020. "Does Wealth Reduce Support for Redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian Housing Lottery," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 18/2020, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
  6. Almås, Ingvild & Berge, Lars Ivar & Bjorvatn, Kjetil & Somville, Vincent & Tungodden, Bertil, 2020. "Adverse selection into competition: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 19/2020, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
  7. 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.
  8. Somville, Vincent, 2019. "Having a Daughter Reduces Male Violence Against a Partner," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 24/2019, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
  9. François Libois & Vincent Somville, 2018. "Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal," Post-Print hal-01779104, HAL.
  10. Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2017. "Access to Formal Banking and Household Finances: Experimental Evidence from India," CMI Working Papers 1, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.
  11. Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge & Kjetil Bjorvatn & Amina Mohamed Maalim & Vincent Somville & Bertil Tungodden, 2017. "Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries: A literature review and new evidence," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-133, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  12. Rahul Mehrotra & Vincent Somville & Lore vandewalle, 2016. "Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India," CMI Working Papers 1, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.
  13. Lore Vandewalle & Vincent Somville, 2015. "Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural India," IHEID Working Papers 01-2015, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, revised 31 Mar 2016.
  14. François Libois & Vincent Somville, 2014. "Ungrateful children: migration intensity and remittances in Nepal," CMI Working Papers 8, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.
  15. Ivar Kolstad & Arne Wiig & Vincent Somville, 2014. "Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption," CMI Working Papers 10, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.
  16. Philippe Lemay-Boucher & Joël Noret & Vincent Somville, 2013. "Facing misfortune: Expenditures on magico-religious powers for cure and protection in Benin," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/183325, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  17. Philippe Lemay-Boucher & Vincent Somville & Joël Noret, 2011. "Double, Double Toil and Trouble: An Investigation on Occult Forces Expenditures in Southern Benin," Working Papers 1105, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
  18. Jean-Philippe Platteau & Vincent Somville & Zaki Wahhaj, 2011. "Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay," Working Papers 1103, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
  19. Vincent Somville, 2011. "Daily Collectors, Public Good Provision and Private Consumption: Theory and Evidence from Urban Benin," Working Papers 1106, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
  20. Jean-Philippe Platteau & Vincent Somville, 2009. "Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: Uniformly Distributed Signal," Working Papers 1104, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
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Articles

  1. Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2024. "Wealth and charitable giving – Evidence from an Ethiopian lottery," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
  2. Kjetil Bjorvatn & Denise Ferris & Selim Gulesci & Arne Nasgowitz & Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2024. "Long-Term Effects of Preschool Subsidies and Cash Transfers on Child Development: Evidence from Uganda," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 459-462, May.
  3. Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2023. "Access to banking, savings and consumption smoothing in rural India," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
  4. G. Andersen, Asbjørn & Franklin, Simon & Getahun, Tigabu & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent & Villanger, Espen, 2023. "Does wealth reduce support for redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
  5. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2022. "Material resources and well-being — Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
  6. Bezu, Sosina & Binyaruka, Peter & Mæstad, Ottar & Somville, Vincent, 2021. "Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: Evidence from Tanzania," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 268(C).
  7. Rahul Mehrotra & Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2021. "Increasing Trust in Bankers to Enhance Savings: Experimental Evidence from India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(2), pages 623-644.
  8. Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge & Kagoma, Cecilia & Mdee, Ephraim & Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem & Somville, Vincent, 2020. "The customer is king: Evidence on VAT compliance in Tanzania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
  9. Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2018. "Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural India," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(3), pages 39-66, July.
  10. Libois, François & Somville, Vincent, 2018. "Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 311-322.
  11. Platteau, Jean-Philippe & Somville, Vincent & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2014. "Elite capture through information distortion: A theoretical essay," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 250-263.
  12. Philippe LeMay-Boucher & Joël Noret & Vincent Somville, 2013. "Facing Misfortune: Expenditures on Magico-Religious Powers for Cure and Protection in Benin," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 22(2), pages 300-322, March.
  13. Vincent Somville, 2006. "Leçons de l'expérience de décentralisation en Inde, dans l'État du Kérala," Mondes en développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 133(1), pages 83-99.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal & Bjorvatn, Kjetil & Makene, Fortunata & Sekei, Linda Helgesson & Somville, Vincent & Tungodden, Bertil, 2022. "On the Doorstep of Adulthood: Empowering Economic and Fertility Choices of Young Women," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 15/2022, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Céline Zipfel, 2022. "The demand side of Africa's demographic transition: desired fertility, wealth, and jobs," STICERD - Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers Series 71, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE.

  2. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2021. "Material resources and well-being — Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 11/2021, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. G. Andersen, Asbjørn & Franklin, Simon & Getahun, Tigabu & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent & Villanger, Espen, 2023. "Does wealth reduce support for redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
    2. Zuzana Brokesova & Andrej Cupak & Anthony Lepinteur & Marian Rizov, 2021. "Wealth, Assets and Life Satisfaction: A Metadata Instrumental-Variable Approach," Working and Discussion Papers WP 4/2021, Research Department, National Bank of Slovakia.
    3. Boone, Christopher & Kaila, Heidi & Sahn, David E., 2024. "Posh Spice or Scary Spice? Resource Booms, Wealth, and Human Capital across Ages," IZA Discussion Papers 17085, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

  3. Almås, Ingvild & Somville, Vincent, 2020. "The effect of gender-targeted transfers: Experimental Evidence from India," CEPR Discussion Papers 15218, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

    Cited by:

    1. Lindahl, Erica & Rosenqvist, Olof & Selin, Håkan, 2023. "Gender-targeted transfers by default? - Evidence from a child allowance reform in Sweden," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

  4. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Franklin, Simon & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent & Villanger, Espen & Getahun, Tigabu, 2020. "Does Wealth Reduce Support for Redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian Housing Lottery," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 18/2020, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2022. "Material resources and well-being — Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    2. Andrea Fazio, 2021. "Beautiful inequality: Are beautiful people more willing to redistribute?," Working Papers in Public Economics 194, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Economics and Law.
    3. Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2024. "Wealth and charitable giving – Evidence from an Ethiopian lottery," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
    4. Nora Yuqian Chen & Yuchen Huang & Zhexun Fred Mo, 2023. "Money is Justice: Experimental Evidence on Non-meritocratic Redistributive Preferences in China," Working Papers halshs-03496033, HAL.
    5. Nora Yuqian Chen & Yuchen Huang & Zhexun Fred Mo, 2023. "Money is Justice: Experimental Evidence on Non-meritocratic Redistributive Preferences in China," PSE Working Papers halshs-03496033, HAL.

  5. Almås, Ingvild & Berge, Lars Ivar & Bjorvatn, Kjetil & Somville, Vincent & Tungodden, Bertil, 2020. "Adverse selection into competition: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 19/2020, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Jayachandran, Seema & Biradavolu, Monica & Cooper, Jan, 2023. "Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to design a five-question survey module for women’s agency," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).

  6. 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.

    Cited by:

    1. Timothée Demont, 2022. "Coping with shocks: How Self-Help Groups impact food security and seasonal migration," Post-Print hal-03882344, HAL.
    2. Mathieu Couttenier & Jeremy Laurent-Lucchetti & Lore Vandewalle, 2023. "Inequality and Social Unrest in India," IHEID Working Papers 08-2023, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    3. Frisancho, Veronica & Herrera, Alejandro & Prina, Silvia, 2023. "Can a Mobile-App-Based Behavioral Intervention Teach Financial Skills to Youth? Experimental Evidence from a Financial Diaries Study," IZA Discussion Papers 16304, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Timothée Demont, 2020. "Coping with shocks: the impact of Self-Help Groups on migration and food security," AMSE Working Papers 2016, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France.
    5. Almås, Ingvild & Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2020. "The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 16/2020, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
    6. 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.

  7. François Libois & Vincent Somville, 2018. "Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal," Post-Print hal-01779104, HAL.

    Cited by:

    1. Bimal Kanti Paul & Bidhan Acharya & Kabita Ghimire, 2017. "Effectiveness of earthquakes relief efforts in Nepal: opinions of the survivors," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 85(2), pages 1169-1188, January.
    2. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Mansoor, Nazia & Randazzo, Teresa & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2021. "Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
    3. Fan Yang & Krishna P. Paudel, 2023. "Nutrition, multidimensional poverty and income: The case of Nepal," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(7), pages 1962-1984, October.
    4. Wu, Wenchao & Kanamori, Yuko & Zhang, Runsen & Zhou, Qian & Takahashi, Kiyoshi & Masui, Toshihiko, 2021. "Implications of declining household economies of scale on electricity consumption and sustainability in China," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 184(C).
    5. Klasen, Stephan & Villalobos, Carlos, 2020. "Diverging identification of the poor: A non-random process. Chile 1992–2017," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    6. ALIASUDDIN & Taufiq C. DAWOOD & Nanda RAHMI, 2020. "Financial Inclusion And Poverty Reduction In Aceh Province: Comparison Between Core Region And Periphery Region," Regional Science Inquiry, Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists, vol. 0(2), pages 209-216, June.
    7. Zhang, Yimeng & Wang, Feng & Zhang, Bing, 2023. "The impacts of household structure transitions on household carbon emissions in China," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 206(C).
    8. Yuli Ye & Qinying He & Qiang Li & Lian An, 2024. "The brother's penalty: Boy preference and girls' health in rural China," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(8), pages 1748-1771, August.
    9. Hamad Dilawar & Muhammad Zahir Faridi, 2022. "Population and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan: An Aggregated and Disaggregated Analysis," Journal of Policy Research (JPR), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 8(3), pages 151-165, September.
    10. Zhang, Guanglai & Yu, Yanni, 2023. "Preventing a new baby: Impact of air pollution on fertility intention," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    11. Chiara Mussida & Dario Sciulli, 2023. "Childbirth and poverty in Europe: A dynamic bivariate approach," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 69(1), pages 34-59, March.
    12. Kaat Van Hoyweghen & Janne Bemelmans & Hendrik Feyaerts & Goedele Van den Broeck & Miet Maertens, 2023. "Small Family, Happy Family? Fertility Preferences and the Quantity–Quality Trade-Off in Sub-Saharan Africa," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(6), pages 1-35, December.

  8. Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge & Kjetil Bjorvatn & Amina Mohamed Maalim & Vincent Somville & Bertil Tungodden, 2017. "Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries: A literature review and new evidence," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-133, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).

    Cited by:

    1. Auriol, Emmanuelle & Platteau, Jean-Philippe & Camilotti, Giula, 2017. "Eradicating Women-Hurting Customs: What Role for Social Engineering?," CEPR Discussion Papers 12107, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.

  9. Rahul Mehrotra & Vincent Somville & Lore vandewalle, 2016. "Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India," CMI Working Papers 1, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.

    Cited by:

    1. Di Giannatale, Sonia & Roa, María José, 2016. "Formal Saving in Developing Economies: Barriers, Interventions, and Effects," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 8107, Inter-American Development Bank.
    2. Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2023. "Access to banking, savings and consumption smoothing in rural India," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    3. Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2017. "Access to Formal Banking and Household Finances: Experimental Evidence from India," CMI Working Papers 1, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.

  10. Lore Vandewalle & Vincent Somville, 2015. "Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural India," IHEID Working Papers 01-2015, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, revised 31 Mar 2016.

    Cited by:

    1. Lorenzo Casaburi & Rocco Macchiavello, 2019. "Demand and Supply of Infrequent Payments as a Commitment Device: Evidence from Kenya," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 109(2), pages 523-555, February.
    2. Talnan Aboulaye Toure, 2023. "Financial inclusion, entrepreneurs’ credit risk exposure and social planner financial policy," Economic Change and Restructuring, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 2747-2799, August.
    3. Cl'ement de Chaisemartin & Jaime Ramirez-Cuellar, 2019. "At What Level Should One Cluster Standard Errors in Paired and Small-Strata Experiments?," Papers 1906.00288, arXiv.org, revised Jun 2023.
    4. Alexander Coutts, 2019. "Identifying communication spillovers in lab in the field experiments," NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series wp1903, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA.
    5. Spantig, Lisa, 2021. "Cash in hand and savings decisions," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 1206-1220.
    6. Grohmann, Antonia & Klühs, Theres & Menkhoff, Lukas, 2018. "Does Financial Literacy Improve Financial Inclusion? Cross Country Evidence," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 95, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    7. 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.
    8. Rahul Mehrotra & Vincent Somville & Lore vandewalle, 2016. "Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India," CMI Working Papers 2, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.
    9. Karlan, Dean & Dupas, Pascaline & Robinson, Jonathan & Ubfal, Diego, 2016. "Banking the Unbanked? Evidence from Three Countries," Center Discussion Papers 242442, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
    10. Singh, Nirvikar, 2018. "Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues and Policies for India," MPRA Paper 91047, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    11. Janina Isabel Steinert & Rucha Vasumati Satish & Felix Stips & Sebastian Vollmer, 2020. "Commitment or Concealment? Impacts and Use of a Portable Saving Device: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban India," Munich Papers in Political Economy 04, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich.
    12. Emma Riley, 2022. "Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda," CSAE Working Paper Series 2022-04, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    13. Jean-Michel Servet & Bruno Tinel, 2020. "The behavioral and neoliberal foundations of randomizations," Post-Print halshs-02562758, HAL.
    14. Banerjee, Abhijit & Martínez, Claudia & Puentes, Esteban, 2023. "The Impact of Subsidy Delivery Method on Savings Behavior: Experimental Evidence," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 13219, Inter-American Development Bank.
    15. Paul Christian & Steven Glover & Florence Kondylis & Valerie Mueller & Matteo Ruzzante & Astrid Zwager, 2022. "Do private consultants promote savings and investments in rural Mozambique?," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 53(1), pages 22-36, January.
    16. 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).
    17. Bugni, Federico A. & Gao, Mengsi, 2023. "Inference under covariate-adaptive randomization with imperfect compliance," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 237(1).
    18. Sayantan Ghosal & Smarajit Jana & Anandi Mani & Sandip Mitra & Sanchari Roy, 2022. "Sex Workers, Stigma, and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 104(3), pages 431-448, May.
    19. Shimada, Hideki & Honda, Tomonori, 2022. "What drives households’ choices of residential solar photovoltaic capacity?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
    20. Mathieu Couttenier & Jeremy Laurent-Lucchetti & Lore Vandewalle, 2023. "Inequality and Social Unrest in India," IHEID Working Papers 08-2023, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    21. Casaburi, Lorenzo & Macchiavello, Rocco, 2018. "Firm and Market Response to Saving Constraints: Evidence from the Kenyan Dairy Industry," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 367, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
    22. Brune,Lasse Florian & Gine,Xavier & Goldberg,Jessica Ann & Yang,Dean, 2016. "Savings defaults and payment delays for cash transfers: field experimental evidence from Malawi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7807, The World Bank.
    23. Mira Fischer & Philipp Lergetporer & Katharina Werner, 2024. "Do Narratives about Psychological Mechanisms Affect Public Support for Behavioral Policies?," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 505, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    24. Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2023. "Access to banking, savings and consumption smoothing in rural India," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    25. Emily Breza & Martin Kanz & Leora F. Klapper, 2020. "Learning to Navigate a New Financial Technology: Evidence from Payroll Accounts," NBER Working Papers 28249, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    26. Almås, Ingvild & Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2020. "The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 16/2020, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
    27. Joshua Blumenstock & Michael Callen & Tarek Ghani, 2018. "Why Do Defaults Affect Behavior? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 108(10), pages 2868-2901, October.
    28. Ahmad, Syedah & Lensink, Robert & Mueller, Annika, 2023. "Uptake, use, and impact of Islamic savings: Evidence from a field experiment in Pakistan1," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    29. Rink, Ute & Walle, Yabibal M. & Klasen, Stephan, 2021. "The financial literacy gender gap and the role of culture," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 117-134.
    30. Jean-Michel Servet & Bruno Tinel, 2020. "The behavioral and neoliberal foundations of randomizations," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-02562758, HAL.
    31. Kochar, Anjini, 2018. "Branchless banking: Evaluating the doorstep delivery of financial services in rural India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 160-175.
    32. Federico A. Bugni & Mengsi Gao, 2021. "Inference under Covariate-Adaptive Randomization with Imperfect Compliance," Papers 2102.03937, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2023.
    33. Eva Haaser & Melanie Koch, 2019. "Do Default Assignments Increase Savings of the Poor? Empirical Evidence," DIW Roundup: Politik im Fokus 130, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

  11. Philippe Lemay-Boucher & Joël Noret & Vincent Somville, 2013. "Facing misfortune: Expenditures on magico-religious powers for cure and protection in Benin," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/183325, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

    Cited by:

    1. KUEPIE Mathias & TENIKUE Michel & WALTHER Olivier, 2014. "Small businesses performance in West African border regions: Do social networks pay off?," LISER Working Paper Series 2014-06, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).
    2. Haagsma, Rein & Mouche, Pierre v., 2013. "Egalitarian norms, economic development, and ethnic polarization," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(3), pages 719-744.
    3. Gershman, Boris, 2016. "Witchcraft beliefs and the erosion of social capital: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C), pages 182-208.

  12. Jean-Philippe Platteau & Vincent Somville & Zaki Wahhaj, 2011. "Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay," Working Papers 1103, University of Namur, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Gani ALDASHEV & Cecilia NAVARRA, 2018. "Development Ngos: Basic Facts," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 89(1), pages 125-155, March.
    2. Calfucura, Enrique, 2018. "Governance, Land and Distribution: A Discussion on the Political Economy of Community-Based Conservation," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 18-26.
    3. Yang Zou & Qingbin Wang, 2022. "Impacts of farmer cooperative membership on household income and inequality: Evidence from a household survey in China," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 10(1), pages 1-17, December.
    4. Joaquín Morales Belpair, 2016. "Decentralized aid and democracy," Investigación & Desarrollo, Universidad Privada Boliviana, vol. 2(1), pages 5-17.
    5. Ronelle Burger & Indraneel Dasgupta & Trudy Owens, 2015. "A Model of Nongovernmental Organization Regulation with an Application to Uganda," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 64(1), pages 71-111.
    6. Fałkowski, Jan & Kurek, Przemysław J., 2024. "Religious symbols in the public sphere and development of the third sector: Some evidence from rural Poland," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 495-508.
    7. Lingling Qiu & Weizhong Zeng & Shashi Kant & Sen Wang, 2021. "The Role of Social Capital in Rural Households’ Perceptions toward the Benefits of Forest Carbon Sequestration Projects: Evidence from a Rural Household Survey in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-16, January.
    8. Buntaine, Mark T. & Daniels, Brigham & Devlin, Colleen, 2018. "Can information outreach increase participation in community-driven development? A field experiment near Bwindi National Park, Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 407-421.
    9. C. A. Etiegni & K. Irvine & M. Kooy, 2017. "Playing by whose rules? Community norms and fisheries rules in selected beaches within Lake Victoria (Kenya) co-management," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 1557-1575, August.
    10. François Bourguignon & Jean-Philippe Platteau, 2018. "Optimal management of transfers: An odd paradox," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-01784348, HAL.
    11. Morales, Joaquin & Serfilippi, Elena, 2017. "When NGOs fail: A model of advocacy and services provision in weak democracies," MPRA Paper 91506, University Library of Munich, Germany.

  13. Vincent Somville, 2011. "Daily Collectors, Public Good Provision and Private Consumption: Theory and Evidence from Urban Benin," Working Papers 1106, University of Namur, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Marcel Fafchamps & David McKenzie & Simon R. Quinn & Christopher Woodruff, 2011. "When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana," NBER Working Papers 17207, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Sarah Deschênes & Christelle Dumas & Sylvie Lambert, 2020. "Household resources and individual strategies," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-02959962, HAL.
    3. 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.
    4. Fafchamps, Marcel & McKenzie, David & McKenzie, David & Quinn, Simon & Woodruff, Christopher, 2011. "When is capital enough to get female enterprises growing ? evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5706, The World Bank.
    5. Fafchamps, Marcel & McKenzie, David & Quinn, Simon & Woodruff, Christopher, 2014. "Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 211-226.
    6. Grant Miller & A. Mushfiq Mobarak, 2013. "Gender Differences in Preferences, Intra-Household Externalities, and Low Demand for Improved Cookstoves," NBER Working Papers 18964, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

  14. Jean-Philippe Platteau & Vincent Somville, 2009. "Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: Uniformly Distributed Signal," Working Papers 1104, University of Namur, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Jean-Philippe Platteau & Vincent Somville & Zaki Wahhaj, 2013. "Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay," Studies in Economics 1305, School of Economics, University of Kent.

Articles

  1. Somville, Vincent & Vandewalle, Lore, 2023. "Access to banking, savings and consumption smoothing in rural India," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 223(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  2. G. Andersen, Asbjørn & Franklin, Simon & Getahun, Tigabu & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent & Villanger, Espen, 2023. "Does wealth reduce support for redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 224(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  3. Andersen, Asbjørn G. & Kotsadam, Andreas & Somville, Vincent, 2022. "Material resources and well-being — Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    See citations under working paper version above.
  4. Bezu, Sosina & Binyaruka, Peter & Mæstad, Ottar & Somville, Vincent, 2021. "Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: Evidence from Tanzania," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 268(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Thorsen, Maggie L. & Harris, Sean & Palacios, Janelle F. & McGarvey, Ronald G. & Thorsen, Andreas, 2023. "American Indians travel great distances for obstetrical care: Examining rural and racial disparities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 325(C).
    2. Rao, Krishna D. & Mehta, Akriti & Noonan, Caitlin & Peters, Michael A. & Perry, Henry, 2024. "Voting with their feet: Primary care provider choice and its implications for public sector primary care services in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).

  5. Rahul Mehrotra & Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2021. "Increasing Trust in Bankers to Enhance Savings: Experimental Evidence from India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(2), pages 623-644.

    Cited by:

    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.
    2. Mathieu Couttenier & Jeremy Laurent-Lucchetti & Lore Vandewalle, 2023. "Inequality and Social Unrest in India," IHEID Working Papers 08-2023, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies.
    3. Ahmad, Syedah & Lensink, Robert & Mueller, Annika, 2023. "Uptake, use, and impact of Islamic savings: Evidence from a field experiment in Pakistan1," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).

  6. Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge & Kagoma, Cecilia & Mdee, Ephraim & Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem & Somville, Vincent, 2020. "The customer is king: Evidence on VAT compliance in Tanzania," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).

    Cited by:

    1. Combey, Adama, 2020. "Evaluation De L’Ecart De Tva Au Togo [Evaluation Of The Vat Gap In Togo]," MPRA Paper 101478, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Elineema Kisanga & Vincent Leyaro & Wahabi Matengo & Michael Noble & Helen Barnes & Gemma Wright, 2021. "Assessing the distributional impact of lowering the value-added tax rate for standard-rated items in Tanzania and options for recouping revenue losses," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-38, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Giulia Mascagni & Roel Dom & Fabrizio Santoro & Denis Mukama, 2023. "The VAT in practice: equity, enforcement, and complexity," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer;International Institute of Public Finance, vol. 30(2), pages 525-563, April.
    4. Abel Gwaindepi, 2022. "Domestic revenue mobilization and informality: Challenges and opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-120, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Youngrok Kim & Hongyu Wan & Minjo Kang, 2022. "Card or cash? Evidence regarding consumers' cooperative value‐added tax compliance," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 36(3), pages 337-359, September.
    6. Miroslav Gombár & Antonín Korauš & Alena Vagaská & Štefan Tóth, 2022. "Analytical View on the Sustainable Development of Tax and Customs Administration in the Context of Selected Groups of the Population of the Slovak Republic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-22, February.
    7. Asiya Maskaeva & Joel Mmasa & Nicodemas Lema & Mgeni Msafiri, 2019. "The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Income Distribution in Tanzania: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis," Working Papers MPIA 2019-07, PEP-MPIA.
    8. Elena Sidorova & Ekaterina Sebechenko & Yury Kostyukhin & Diana Boboshko & Alexey Kostin & Olga Kostina & Natalia Vikhrova, 2021. "Formation of a Sustainable Mechanism of Preferential VAT Taxation of Exports as Evidenced by the Russian Federation Practice," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-21, December.

  7. Vincent Somville & Lore Vandewalle, 2018. "Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural India," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(3), pages 39-66, July.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  8. Libois, François & Somville, Vincent, 2018. "Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 311-322.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  9. Platteau, Jean-Philippe & Somville, Vincent & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2014. "Elite capture through information distortion: A theoretical essay," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 250-263.
    See citations under working paper version above.
  10. Philippe LeMay-Boucher & Joël Noret & Vincent Somville, 2013. "Facing Misfortune: Expenditures on Magico-Religious Powers for Cure and Protection in Benin," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 22(2), pages 300-322, March.
    See citations under working paper version above.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 19 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (8) 2015-03-22 2016-02-04 2017-12-18 2018-01-01 2020-09-28 2020-10-05 2021-05-31 2022-11-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (6) 2014-11-12 2015-03-22 2018-01-08 2018-07-30 2020-09-28 2020-10-05. Author is listed
  3. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (4) 2011-06-25 2015-03-22 2018-01-01 2019-07-08
  4. NEP-AFR: Africa (3) 2011-06-25 2011-06-25 2020-10-05
  5. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (2) 2018-01-08 2022-11-14
  6. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2020-09-28 2020-10-05
  7. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2021-05-10 2022-11-14
  8. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (2) 2016-02-04 2017-12-18
  9. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (2) 2016-02-04 2017-12-18
  10. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2020-10-05 2021-05-10
  11. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2011-06-25
  12. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2021-05-10
  13. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2022-11-14
  14. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2015-06-13
  15. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (1) 2013-04-13

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