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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

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Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

What can we do to foster women’s entrepreneurial opportunities? Microfinance services can bridge the gap between poor households and financial services by smoothing cash flow and building assets. Discover research in this area that examines how, for whom, and why particular financial products and designs work.

The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions

While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.

Vishal K. Gupta, Daniel B. Turban, Nachiket M. Bhawe (2008)

Gender Differences in a Cooperation Game: Evidence from the Field in Matrilineal, Patriarchal and Gender-Neutral Societies

Female borrowers display better repayment behavior than males, irrespective of the roles they play in society and the nature of the loan.

Sugato Chakravarty, S. M. Zahid Iqbal, Abu Zafar M. Shahriar (2015)

Effect Of A Structural Intervention For The Prevention Of Intimate-Partner Violence And HIV In Rural South Africa: A Cluster Randomised Trial

Combining a microfinance program for women with a participatory curriculum to discuss gender roles, relationships, intimate-partner violence, and HIV reduced levels of intimate-partner violence in South Africa.

Paul M. Pronyk, James R. Hargreaves, Julia C. Kim, Linda A. Morison, Godfrey Phetla, Charlotte Watts, Joanna Busza, John D. H. Porter (2006)

Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship training for women was found to be much more effective in increasing business activity for those who participated with a friend.

Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol (2016)

A Multifaceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from Six Countries

A multidimensional intervention program improves the lives of the extreme poor with effects lasting up to a year later, including increasing women’s empowerment in the short-term.

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, William Parienté, Jeremy Shapiro, Bram Thuysbaert, Christopher Udry (2015)

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

A business skills training program for female microfinance clients in Peru had little effect improving business performance and did not increase women’s decision making power at home.

Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (2011)

Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum

Kenyan women are more likely to contribute funds to the greater public good in environments absent of gender and ethnic diversity.

Fiona Greig, Iris Bohnet (2009)

Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India

Adding a two-month grace period in microfinance loan repayments, rather than the traditional immediate repayment model, may increase default rates, but it also leads to more micro-enterprise investment, a greater likelihood of starting a new business, and higher profits three-years later for poor women in Kolkata.

Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp, Natalia Rigol (2013)

Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa

A combination of vocational and life skill training improves adolescent girls’ income-generating opportunities and social empowerment while reducing early childbearing and desired fertility rates.

Oriana Bandiera, Niklas Buehren, Robin Burgess, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman (2020)

The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Households create and expand businesses as a result of a microfinance program targeting women.

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan (2015)

Topic Overview

Entrepreneurship & Microfinance

Gender Differences in a Cooperation Game: Evidence from the Field in Matrilineal, Patriarchal and Gender-Neutral Societies

Female borrowers display better repayment behavior than males, irrespective of the roles they play in society and the nature of the loan.

Sugato Chakravarty, S. M. Zahid Iqbal, Abu Zafar M. Shahriar (2015)

Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurship training for women was found to be much more effective in increasing business activity for those who participated with a friend.

Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol (2016)

Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

A business skills training program for female microfinance clients in Peru had little effect improving business performance and did not increase women’s decision making power at home.

Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (2011)

Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India

Erica Field, Rohini Pande, John Papp, Natalia Rigol (2013)

The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation

Households create and expand businesses as a result of a microfinance program targeting women.

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Cynthia Kinnan (2015)

The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions

While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.

Vishal K. Gupta, Daniel B. Turban, Nachiket M. Bhawe (2008)

Effect Of A Structural Intervention For The Prevention Of Intimate-Partner Violence And HIV In Rural South Africa: A Cluster Randomised Trial

Paul M. Pronyk, James R. Hargreaves, Julia C. Kim, Linda A. Morison, Godfrey Phetla, Charlotte Watts, Joanna Busza, John D. H. Porter (2006)

A Multifaceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from Six Countries

A multidimensional intervention program improves the lives of the extreme poor with effects lasting up to a year later, including increasing women’s empowerment in the short-term.

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, William Parienté, Jeremy Shapiro, Bram Thuysbaert, Christopher Udry (2015)

Exploring gendered behavior in the field with experiments: Why public goods are provided by women in a Nairobi slum

Kenyan women are more likely to contribute funds to the greater public good in environments absent of gender and ethnic diversity.

Fiona Greig, Iris Bohnet (2009)

Women’s Empowerment in Action: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Africa

A combination of vocational and life skill training improves adolescent girls’ income-generating opportunities and social empowerment while reducing early childbearing and desired fertility rates.

Oriana Bandiera, Niklas Buehren, Robin Burgess, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman (2020)

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