Search Results

SORT BY: PREVIOUS / NEXT
Author:Greaney, Brian 

Working Paper
Can Self-Help Groups Really Be 'Self-Help'?

We provide an experimental and theoretical evaluation of a cost-reducing innovation in the delivery of "self-help group" microfinance services, in which privatized agents earn payments through membership fees for providing services. Under the status quo, agents are paid by an outside donor and offer members free services. In our multi-country randomized control trial we evaluate the change in this incentive scheme on agent behavior and performance, and on overall village-level outcomes. We find that privatized agents start groups, attract members, mobilize savings, and intermediate loans at ...
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 1155

Working Paper
Can self-help groups really be self-help?

This paper examines a cost-reducing innovation to the delivery of "Self-Help Group" microfinance services. These groups typically rely on outside agents to found and administer the groups although funds are raised by the group members. The innovation is to have the agents earn their payment by charging membership fees rather than following the status quo in which the agents are paid by an outside organization and instead offer free services to clients. The theory we develop shows that such member- ship fees could actually improve performance without sacrificing membership, simply by ...
Working Papers , Paper 2013-014

Journal Article
Exploring the link between drug use and job status in the U.S.

The Regional Economist

Working Paper
The geography of wealth: shocks, mobility, and precautionary savings

The spatial distribution of wealth in the United States is very heterogeneous, with important differences within and across US states. We study the distribution of wealth in a country and how it is shaped by the characteristics earnings across regions, and by the frictions individuals face to move and reallocate across space. For this, we develop a tractable model of consumption, savings, and location choice with many regions, incomplete markets, and heterogeneous agents facing persistent and transitory income shocks. Our analysis focuses on the role of income shocks, precautionary savings, ...
Working Papers , Paper 2024-033

Working Paper
The geography of wealth: shocks, mobility, and precautionary savings

The spatial distribution of wealth in the United States is very heterogeneous, with important differences within and across US states. We study the distribution of wealth in a country and how it is shaped by the characteristics earnings across regions, and by the frictions individuals face to move and reallocate across space. For this, we develop a tractable model of consumption, savings, and location choice with many regions, incomplete markets, and heterogeneous agents facing persistent and transitory income shocks. Our analysis focuses on the role of income shocks, precautionary savings, ...
Working Papers , Paper 2024-033

FILTER BY year

FILTER BY Content Type

FILTER BY Jel Classification

E21 2 items

F16 2 items

J61 2 items

R12 2 items

R23 2 items

O1 1 items

show more (3)

FILTER BY Keywords

inequality 2 items

mobility 2 items

precautionary savings 2 items

spatial equilibrium 2 items

wealth 2 items

Finance 1 items

show more (4)

PREVIOUS / NEXT