Do group dynamics influence social capital gains among microfinance clients? Evidence from a randomized experiment in urban India

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 932-949

  Feigenberg, Benjamin ^a   Field, Erica ^b   Pande, Rohini ^c   Rigol, Natalia ^d   Sarkar, Shayak ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84907868684     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21790     Document Type: Article

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