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What Determines Financial Exclusion? Evidence from Bolivian Household Data

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  • Yener Altunbas

    (Bangor University)

  • John Thornton

    (Bangor University)

  • Alper Kara

    (University of Hull)

Abstract

We use a bivariate probit model with sample selection to investigate the factors affecting financial exclusion of Bolivian households. We find evidence that for heads of households, being female and indigenous is likely to result in exclusion from formal credit mechanisms, though being employed in the public sector and, for females, by having a university education, mitigates this.

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  • Yener Altunbas & John Thornton & Alper Kara, 2010. "What Determines Financial Exclusion? Evidence from Bolivian Household Data," Working Papers 10018, Bangor Business School, Prifysgol Bangor University (Cymru / Wales).
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    1. Daisy Johana Pacheco & Ana María Yaruro, 2018. "Factors Affecting Ownership of Financial Products in Colombia," Investigación Conjunta-Joint Research, in: María José Roa García & Diana Mejía (ed.), Financial Decisions of Households and Financial Inclusion: Evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 6, pages 157-192, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos, CEMLA.
    2. Daisy Johana Pacheco & Ana María Yaruro, 2018. "Factores que afectan la tenencia de productos financieros en Colombia," Investigación Conjunta-Joint Research, in: María José Roa García & Diana Mejía (ed.), Decisiones financieras de los hogares e inclusión financiera: evidencia para América Latina y el Caribe, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 6, pages 167-202, Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos, CEMLA.

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    Keywords

    Credit Exclusion; Financial Exclusion; Informal Financial Institutions; Bolivia;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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