Savings by and for the Poor: A research review and agenda

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-78

  Karlan, Dean ^a,b   Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi ^c   Zinman, Jonathan ^b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Randomized evaluation; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893461295     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12101     Document Type: Article

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