Whose voice matters? An experimental examination of women empowerment in microfinance
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Keywords
Microfinance; women empowerment; gender bias; intra-household bargaining; field experiment.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2017-01-01 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HME-2017-01-01 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-MFD-2017-01-01 (Microfinance)
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