Verónica Frisancho

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Senior Research Economist

1300 New York Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20577

United States

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Business Training for Microfinance Clients: How it Matters and for Whom?

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Business Training for Microfinance Clients: How it Matters and for Whom?

Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network Working Paper No. PMMA-2008-11
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2014
Martin Valdivia, Dean S. Karlan, Dean S. Karlan and Verónica Frisancho
Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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microfinance, business training, adult education

Business Training for Microfinance Clients: How It Matters and for Whom?

PEP Working Paper Series 2008-11
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2018
Verónica Frisancho, Dean S. Karlan, Dean S. Karlan and Martin Valdivia
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE)
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microfinance, business training, adult education

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The Impact of School-Based Financial Education on High School Students and Their Teachers: Experimental Evidence from Peru

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-871
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Dec 2018
Verónica Frisancho
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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: Financial education, Youth, Self-Control, Consumption behavior, Savings, Treatment effects

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Misreporting in Sensitive Health Behaviors and its Impact on Treatment Effects: An Application to Intimate Partner Violence

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-853
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jan 2018
Jorge Agüero and Verónica Frisancho
University of California, Riverside (UCR) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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: Non-random measurement error, List experiments, Intimate partner violence, Treatment effects

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Learning About Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice

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Learning About Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-728
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Matteo Bobba and Verónica Frisancho
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Information, Bayesian updating, Biased beliefs, School choice

Learning About Oneself: The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10360
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Nov 2016
Matteo Bobba and Verónica Frisancho
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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information, Bayesian updating, biased beliefs, school choice

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Better Luck Next Time: Learning Through Retaking

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Better Luck Next Time: Learning Through Retaking

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-483
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Feb 2014
Kala Krishna, Sergey Lychagin, Verónica Frisancho and Cemile Yavas
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics, Central European University (CEU), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Independent Researcher
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Better Luck Next Time: Learning Through Retaking

NBER Working Paper No. w19663
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2022
Verónica Frisancho, Kala Krishna, Sergey Lychagin and Cemile Sahin
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics, Central European University (CEU) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Affirmative Action in Higher Education in India: Targeting, Catch Up, and Mismatch

NBER Working Paper No. w17727
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Verónica Frisancho and Kala Krishna
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Preferences, Selection, and Value Added: A Structural Approach Applied to Turkish Exam High Schools

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4302
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Jul 2013
S. Pelin Akyol, Verónica Frisancho, Kala Krishna and Cemile Sahin
Pennsylvania State University, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Signaling Creditworthiness in Peruvian Microfinance Markets: The Role of Information Sharing

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-347
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Feb 2013
Verónica Frisancho
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Employment Protection Legislation and Plant-Level Productivity in India

NBER Working Paper No. w17693
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2022
Sean Michael Dougherty, Verónica Frisancho and Kala Krishna
OECD Economics Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
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Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?

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Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-758
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Kala Krishna, Sergey Lychagin and Verónica Frisancho
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics, Central European University (CEU) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?

NBER Working Paper No. w21640
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2022
Kala Krishna, Sergey Lychagin and Verónica Frisancho
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics, Central European University (CEU) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?

International Economic Review, Vol. 59, Issue 2, pp. 449-477, 2018
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 May 2020
Kala Krishna, Sergey Lychagin and Verónica Frisancho
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Can a Budget-Recording Tool Teach Financial Skills to Youth? Experimental Evidence from a Financial Diaries Study

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Sep 2022
Verónica Frisancho, Alejandro Herrera and Silvia Prina
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), affiliation not provided to SSRN and Northwestern University
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financial inclusion, financial diaries, financial literacy, youth

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Self-Perceptions about Academic Achievement: Evidence from Mexico City

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12945
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Feb 2020
Matteo Bobba and Verónica Frisancho
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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information, subjective expectations, academic ability, Bayesian updating, overconfidence, secondary education

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Self-Perceptions About Academic Achievement

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-1102
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Jun 2020
Matteo Bobba and Verónica Frisancho
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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: Information, Subjective expectations, Academic ability, Bayesian, updating, Overconfidence, Secondary education