Partnering with a savings product provider in Kenya, we tested the extent to which behavioral interventions and … financial incentives can increase the saving rate of individuals with low and irregular income. Our experiment lasted for six … participants were asked to keep track of their weekly deposits (3) a match of weekly savings: The match was either 10% or 20% up to …

device in the form of a moneybox with a regular savings plan. In our randomized field experiment, we also provide …In this paper we investigate behavioral constraints to savings among smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia. Increasing … savings by overcoming such behavioral constraints has been documented to have positive effects on various outcomes such as …

access to formal savings. This is the first study to use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of using mobile … money as a tool to promote agricultural investment. For this purpose, we designed and conducted a field experiment with a … friends. We work with two cross-randomized interventions. The first treatment gave access to a remunerated mobile savings …