Britta Augsburg

Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Research Economist

7 Ridgmount Street

London, WC1E 7AE

United Kingdom

http://www.ifs.org.uk/centres/EDePo

UNU-MERIT

Affiliated Researcher

Keizer Karelplein 19

Maastricht, 6211TC

Netherlands

  • Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

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1.

Spread of the Self-Help Groups Banking Linkage Programme in India

International Conference on Rural Finance Research, Moving Results, FAO and IFAD, Rome, March 19-21, 2007
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2010
Cyril Fouillet and Britta Augsburg
Université of Oxford - School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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Microfinance, Spatial Analysis, Self-Help Groups, India, Uneven Development, Financial Exclusion

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The Impacts of Microfinance: Evidence from Joint-Liability Lending in Mongolia

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7(1), 90-122.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 04 May 2015
Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg, Ralph De Haas, Emla Fitzsimons and Heike Harmgart
Dept of Economics Yale University, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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microcredit, group lending, poverty, access to finance, randomized field experiment

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Microfinance at the Margin: Experimental Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 23 May 2016
Britta Augsburg, Ralph De Haas, Heike Harmgart and Costas Meghir
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Yale University
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microfinance, liquidity constraints, human capital, randomized controlled trial

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Econometric Evaluation of the Sewa Bank in India: Applying Matching Techniques Based on the Propensity Score

MGSoG Working Paper No. 003
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Feb 2008
Britta Augsburg
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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Group Lending or Individual Lending? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Rural Mongolia

Forthcoming in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2013-074
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2014
Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg, Ralph De Haas, Emla Fitzsimons and Heike Harmgart
Dept of Economics Yale University, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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Microcredit; poverty; randomized field experiment

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Microcredit Contracts, Risk Diversification and Loan Take-Up

Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 28 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 04 May 2018
Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg and Ralph De Haas
Dept of Economics Yale University, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Microcredit, joint liability, loan take-up, risk diversification

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The Impacts of Microcredit: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2015), 7(1), 183-203.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 04 May 2015
Britta Augsburg, Ralph De Haas, Heike Harmgart and Costas Meghir
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Yale University
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Microfinance; liquidity constraints; human capital; randomized controlled trial

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Can Micro-Credit Support Public Health Subsidy Programs?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8846
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 May 2019
Britta Augsburg, Bet Caeyers and Bansi Malde
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and University of Kent
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The Impacts of Microcredit: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

NBER Working Paper No. w18538
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2023
Britta Augsburg, Ralph De Haas, Heike Harmgart and Costas Meghir
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Yale University
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Labelled Loans, Credit Constraints and Sanitation Investments

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8845
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 May 2019
Britta Augsburg, Bet Caeyers, Sara Giunti, Bansi Malde and Susanna Smets
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), University of Kent and World Bank
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Mothers’ Social Networks and Socioeconomic Gradients of Isolation

NBER Working Paper No. w28049
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Alison Andrew, Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg, Jere Behrman, Monimalika Day, Pamela Jervis, Costas Meghir and Angus Phimister
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Dept of Economics Yale University, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), University of Pennsylvania, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University College London, Yale University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Microcredit Contracts, Risk Diversification and Loan Take-Up

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2016-020, European Banking Center Discussion Paper No. 2016-003
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 May 2016
Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg and Ralph De Haas
Dept of Economics Yale University, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Microcredit, joint liability, loan take-up, risk diversification

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Holy Cows or Cash Cows?

NBER Working Paper No. w20304
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Orazio Attanasio and Britta Augsburg
Dept of Economics Yale University and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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Sanitation and Marriage Markets in India: Evidence from the Total Sanitation Campaign

IFS Working Papers
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Britta Augsburg, Juan Pablo Baquero, Sanghmitra Gautam and Paul Rodriguez-Lesmes
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Washington University in St Louis and Universidad del Rosario - Faculty of Economics
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Empirical matching, Intra-household, Marriage markets, Sanitation, Sorting

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Social Proximity and Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from a Mobile Phone-Based Campaign in India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16492
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 27 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2022
Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg, Kalyan Kumar Kameshwara and Antonella Bancalari
Nova School of Business and Economics, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), University of Bath and University of St. Andrews
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COVID-19, identity, India, Misinformation, Randomized field experiment, religion, social media, Social proximity

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Public Service Delivery and Free Riding: Experimental Evidence from India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16284
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 14 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 27 May 2022
Alex Armand, Britta Augsburg and Antonella Bancalari
Nova School of Business and Economics, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and University of St. Andrews
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Basic services, free riding, Health, Information, infrastructure, Maintenance, Public Service, water and sanitation, Willingness to pay