X Giné, P Jakiela,
DS Karlan… - 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract: Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in
credit markets. From a theoretical perspective, however, the success of microfinance
contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often ...
X Gine, P Jakiela,
D Karlan… - American Economic …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: Microfinance banks use group-based lending contracts to strengthen borrowers'
incentives for diligence, but the contracts are vulnerable to free-riding and collusion. We
systematically unpack microfinance mechanisms through ten experimental games played ...
P Jakiela… - Washington University in St. Louis, mimeo, 2011 - econ.yale.edu
Abstract This paper measures the economic impacts of social pressures to share income
with kin and neighbors in rural Kenyan villages. We conduct a lab experiment in which we
randomly vary the observability of investment returns to test whether subjects reduce their ...
P Jakiela - Job Market Paper UC Berkeley, 2009 - emlab.berkeley.edu
Abstract Voluntary transfers between individuals and households are common in less
developed countries. These behaviors may be partially explained by social preferences.
Two leading models—altruism and reciprocity—make opposing predictions about the ...
We combine data from a field experiment and a laboratory experiment to measure the
causal impact of human capital on respect for earned property rights, a component of social
preferences with important implications for economic growth and development. We find ...
Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit
markets. From a theoretical perspective, however, the success of microfinance contracts has
puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed are ...
P Jakiela - The American Economic Review, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Abstract: We conduct a series of dictator games in which the status of the dictator relative to
other players varies across treatments. Experiments are conducted in a conventional
university lab and in villages in rural Kenya. We find that status is an important ...
[CITATION] Microfinance Games. Economic Growth
X Giné, P Jakiela, DS Karlan… - Center Yale University. Center Discussion …, 2006
[CITATION] Microfinance Games, World Bank
X Gine, P Jakiela, D Karlan… - Unpublished working paper. Available at, 2007
[CITATION] Microfinance Games
G Xavier, P Jakiela, D Karlan… - 2006 - Center Discussion Paper
P Jakiela - 2009 - artsci.wustl.edu
Abstract Experimental dictator games provide an unconfounded measure of altruism, but
one restricted to a pure giving environment. In contrast, many policy settings in which
distributional preferences matter—for example, redistributive taxes—involve a ...
P Jakiela… - 2009 - artsci.wustl.edu
This course explores social and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is
interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon research in development economics, African
studies, political science, and anthropology. In terms of specific topics, the course is ...
P Jakiela - 2008 - books.google.com
Experimental economic methods are used to explore individual decision-making in poor
communities with limited access to the formal credit and insurance markets. I explore
preferences for sharing in the United States and rural Kenya using experimental dictator ...
P Jakiela - 2011 - artsci.wustl.edu
In many developing countries, formal legal institutions play a minimal role in the lives of most
citizens, particularly those living in rural areas. Many states do not have the capacity to
protect property rights and enforce contracts consistently; for example, many African states ...
R Fisman, P Jakiela… - 2012 - emlab.berkeley.edu
Abstract We compare behavior in modified dictators game during the “Great Recession” to
behavior in otherwise identical experiments conducted amidst the economic boom that
preceded it. The experiments capture both differences in the indexical selfishness (weight ...
[CITATION] Risky Investments in Village Economies
P Jakiela… - 2010
P Jakiela… - 2009 - artsci.wustl.edu
This course explores social and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is
interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon research in development economics, African
studies, political science, and anthropology. In terms of specific topics, the course is ...
P Jakiela… - 2009 - artsci.wustl.edu
This course explores social and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is
interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon research in development economics, African
studies, political science, and anthropology. In terms of specific topics, the course is ...
P Jakiela - 2010 - artsci.wustl.edu
Your task is to decide how to divide $10 between the two of you. You can keep all of the
money, keep some of the money and pass some to the other subject, or pass all of the
money to the other subject. Please indicate how much of the $10 you would like to keep ...
P Jakiela - 2008 - artsci.wustl.edu
Abstract Dictator games measure individual willingness to sacrifice one's own payoff to
increase that of a stranger, but the revealed distributional preferences identified in such
settings may depend on the context in which the dictator makes her choice. This paper ...
P Jakiela - 2010 - artsci.wustl.edu
Page 1. Economics 372: The Political Economy of Development in Africa Lecture 5 Professor:
Pamela Jakiela Department of Economics Washington University in St. Louis September 13,
2010 Page 2. Announcements • Map quiz today! • Problem set 1 due September 16 ...
P Jakiela - 2008 - artsci.wustl.edu
Economics 372: The Political Economy of Development in Africa Lecture 21 Department of
Economics Washington University in St. Louis Professor: Pamela Jakiela Fall 2008 Economics
372 Lecture 21 Page 2. Outline • Reminder: today last day to request exam re-grades ...
P Jakiela - 2009 - artsci.wustl.edu
This course explores social and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is
interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon research in development economics, African
studies, political science, and anthropology. In terms of specific topics, the course is ...
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