Loose Knots:Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda
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- Karlan, Dean & Linden, Leigh, 2014. "Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," Working Papers 129, Yale University, Department of Economics.
- Karlan, Dean & Linden, Leigh L., 2014. "Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," IZA Discussion Papers 7901, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Dean Karlan & Leigh L. Linden, 2014. "Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," NBER Working Papers 19863, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Dean Karlan & Leigh Linden, 2014. "Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," Working Papers 1037, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
- Karlan, Dean S. & Linden, Leigh, 2014. "Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," Center Discussion Papers 162693, Yale University, Economic Growth Center.
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Keywords
Commitment Savings; Educational Resources; Micro-Savings; School Participation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2014-06-02 (Africa)
- NEP-EDU-2014-06-02 (Education)
- NEP-MFD-2014-06-02 (Microfinance)
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