The Household Finance Landscape in Emerging Economies

40 Pages Posted: 19 Nov 2018 Last revised: 3 Oct 2019

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Cristian Badarinza

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Vimal Balasubramaniam

Queen Mary University of London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Tarun Ramadorai

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Date Written: October 02, 2019

Abstract

We survey the household finance landscape in emerging economies. We first present statistics on household balance sheets from official micro-surveys in countries comprising 45% of the global population: China, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Thailand, and South Africa. We contrast these patterns with those in data from advanced economies. We then survey the nascent literature on household finance in emerging economies, and discuss areas of overlap with the more well-established literature on household finance in advanced economies, as well as the large body of literature on development finance. We highlight useful directions for future research.

Keywords: household finance, real estate, development, credit, insurance, emerging economies

JEL Classification: D1, G00

Suggested Citation

Badarinza, Cristian and Balasubramaniam, Vimal and Ramadorai, Tarun, The Household Finance Landscape in Emerging Economies (October 02, 2019). WBS Finance Group Research Paper No. 257, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3280962 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3280962

Cristian Badarinza

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