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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Female Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
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| Autores: |
Karlan, Dean S.
Ashraf, Nava
Yin, Wesley
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| Data: |
2007-01-02
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Labor and Human Capital
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| Resumo: |
Female "empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to an individually-held commitment savings product leads to an increase in female decision-making power within the household. We find positive impacts, particularly for women who have below median decision-making power in the baseline, and we find this leads to a shift towards female-oriented durables goods purchased in the household.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
25019
http://purl.umn.edu/28380
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Yale University>Economic Growth Center>Center Discussion Papers
Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 949
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| Formato: |
25
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