Pamela Jakiela

University of Maryland

College Park

College Park, MD 20742

United States

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Microfinance Games

Yale University Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper No. 936
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Jun 2006
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Maryland, Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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microfinance, group lending, information asymmetries, contract theory, experimental economics

Microfinance Games

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3959
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Maryland, Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Banks&Banking Reform, Insurance&Risk Mitigation, Financial Intermediation, Social Accountability, Civic Participation and Corporate Governance

Microfinance Games

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3959
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Maryland, Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and New York University (NYU) - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Banks & Banking Reform, Insurance & Risk Mitigation, Financial Intermediation, Social Accountability, Civic Participation and Corporate Governance

Microfinance Games

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3959
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), University of Maryland and Yale UniversityNorthwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Banks&Banking Reform, Insurance&Risk Mitigation, Financial Intermediation, Social Accountability, Civic Participation and Corporate Governance

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Gendered Language

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8464
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2018
Pamela Jakiela and Owen Ozier
University of Maryland and World Bank
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Gender and Development, Labor Markets, Inequality, Anthropology, Gender and Social Development, Education For All, Educational Populations, Education for Development (superceded)

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Does Africa Need a Rotten Kin Theorem? Experimental Evidence from Village Economies

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6085
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Economic Theory & Research, Investment and Investment Climate, Emerging Markets, Labor Policies, Debt Markets

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A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7977
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
University of Maryland, World Bank, University of Maryland and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Employment and Unemployment, Private Sector Economics, Private Sector Development Law, Marketing, Labor Markets, Rural Labor Markets, Inequality

The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7440
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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Social Development & Poverty, Conflict and Fragile States

The Impact of Violence on Individual Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9870
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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risk preferences, civil conflict, natural experiment

How Soon is Now? Evidence of Present Bias from Convex Time Budget Experiments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9653
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
University of Maryland, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and University of Maryland
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discount rate, present bias, experiment, mobile money

How Soon is Now? Evidence of Present Bias from Convex Time Budget Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w23558
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
University of Maryland, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and University of Maryland
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The Distributional Preferences of Americans

NBER Working Paper No. w20145
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 May 2014 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2023
Raymond J. Fisman, Pamela Jakiela and Shachar Kariv
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Maryland and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Enhancing Young Children's Language Acquisition Through Parent-Child Book-Sharing: A Randomized Trial in Rural Kenya

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8733
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Feb 2019
University of California, Berkeley, University of Maryland, World Bank, McGill University - Department of Psychology and University of California, Berkeley
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Educational Institutions & Facilities, Effective Schools and Teachers, Inequality, Adaptation to Climate Change, Educational Sciences

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A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10583
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Feb 2017
University of Maryland, World Bank, University of Maryland and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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youth unemployment, microenterprises, entrepreneurship, credit constraints, cash grants, training, Africa, gender

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You've Earned it: Combining Field and Lab Experiments to Estimate the Impact of Human Capital on Social Preferences

NBER Working Paper No. w16449
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Pamela Jakiela, Edward Miguel and Vera teVelde
University of Maryland, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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How Did Distributional Preferences Change During the Great Recession?

NBER Working Paper No. w20146
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 May 2014 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Raymond J. Fisman, Pamela Jakiela and Shachar Kariv
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), University of Maryland and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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