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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Savings accounts to borrow less: experimental evidence from Chile |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | Journal of Human Resources |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press * Journal Division |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 0022-166X |
| Volume | 59 |
| Number | 1 |
| Page Range | 70 - 108 |
| Date | 2024 |
| Abstract Text | Poverty is often characterized not only by low and unstable income, but also by heavy debt burdens. In a randomized field experiment with over 3,500 low-income micro-entrepreneurs in Chile, we find that providing access to free savings accounts decreases participants’ shortterm debt. In addition, participants who experience an economic shock have less need to reduce consumption, and subjective well-being improves significantly. Precautionary savings and credit therefore act as substitutes in providing self-insurance, and participants prefer borrowing less when a free formal savings account is available. Take-up patterns suggest that requests by others for participants to share their resources may be a key obstacle to saving. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.3368/jhr.0619-10264r3 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:23306 |
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| Keywords | Management of technology and innovation, organizational behavior and human resource management, strategy and management, economics and econometrics |