Replication data for: Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pascaline Dupas; Jonathan Robinson
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Project Citation:
Dupas, Pascaline, and Robinson, Jonathan. Replication data for: Why Don’t the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116115V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Using data from a field experiment in Kenya, we document that providing individuals with simple informal savings technologies can
substantially increase investment in preventative health and reduce
vulnerability to health shocks. Simply providing a safe place to
keep money was sufficient to increase health savings by 66 percent.
Adding an earmarking feature was only helpful when funds were put
toward emergencies, or for individuals that are frequently taxed by
friends and relatives. Group-based savings and credit schemes had
very large effects.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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C93 Field Experiments
D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
I12 Health Behavior
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
C93 Field Experiments
D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
I12 Health Behavior
O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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