Changing households' investment behaviour through social interactions with local leaders: Evidence from a randomised transfer programme

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 576, 2014, Pages 607-633

  Macours, Karen ^a,b   Vakis, Renos ^a,b  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; POVERTY; SAVINGS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901292888     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12145     Document Type: Article

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