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Data and Code for: Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda

URL
https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/194886
Description

Examined whether changing the form of disbursement of a microfinance loan enables female microfinance borrowers to overcome intra-household sharing pressure and grow their businesses. Using a field experiment with 3,000 borrowers in Uganda, compared the disbursement of a loan as cash to disbursement onto a digital account. After 8 months, women who received their microfinance loan on the digital account had 11% higher ($70) business capital and 15% higher ($18)  profits compared to those who received their loan as cash. Impacts were greatest for women who experienced pressure to share money with others in the household at baseline.

Time Period(s):  1/2017 – 12/2017
Universe:  Female microfinance clients taking a new loan with BRAC Uganda at 7 branches in Kampala and Entebbe between January and June 2017.
Data Type(s):   administrative records data; survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:   90%
Sampling:   Female microfinance clients taking a new loan who owned their own mobile phone. 
Data Source:    Original survey data. Administrative records on loan outcomes and mobile money account use. 
Collection Mode:   face-to-face interview
Unit of Observation:  Individual

 

The following publications are supplemented by the data in this project.

  • Riley, Emma. “Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda.” American Economic Review, n.d.

 

Sample
Format
Single study
Country
Uganda
Title
Data and Code for: Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda
Format
Single study

Tools