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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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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Pamela Jakiela and Owen W. Ozier
University of Maryland and World Bank - Development Economics Group (DEC)
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natural experiment, civil conflict, risk preferences

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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

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 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
University of Maryland, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and University of Maryland
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experiment, present bias, discount rate, 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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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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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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