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Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious politics and the limits of redistribution: The rise and fall of family allowances in Spain, 1926–58

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After the Second World War, family allowances became a cornerstone of social spending in western Europe. Whilst religion is often highlighted as a driver of this policy, the role of political Catholicism remains contested, particularly in southern Europe.
Guillem Verd‐Llabrés
wiley   +1 more source

Behaviour change solutions driven by cognitive insights for improving TB health care seeking among vulnerable population: an exploratory multi-state qualitative study in India. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Sinha A   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘reportless places’: Janet Malcolm and Collage

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Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Natalie Ferris
wiley   +1 more source
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Ambiguity Aversion and Comparative Ignorance

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995
Summary: Decisions under uncertainty depend not only on the degree of uncertainty but also on its source, as illustrated by Ellsberg's observation of ambiguity aversion. In this article we propose the comparative ignorance hypothesis, according to which ambiguity aversion is produced by a comparison with less ambiguous events or with more knowledgeable
Fox, Craig R., Tversky, Amos
openaire   +2 more sources

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