consisting of index insurance, savings, and their interaction. We present results from a lab-in-the-field experiment that …

kin and neighbors. Whether income secrecy facilitates savings depends on the type of norm individuals uphold: stricter …

This paper investigates household preferences for improved cook stoves using a choice experiment administered in rural … this experiment can be cost-effective for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which suggests that programs providing …

, we first estimate the effect of temperature on household borrowing and savings using Vietnamese longitudinal data that … associated with a 6.3 per cent decrease in household savings and a 1.4 per cent increase in household borrowing. In the case of … household savings, we find that the effects of temperature shocks are more pronounced on informal savings than formal savings …

drought shocks. It analyzes mechanisms through which cash transfers contribute to resilience, such as savings facilitation … increase savings. They also help households protect earnings in agriculture and off-farm businesses when shocks occur. Few … poor households can foster resilience by facilitating savings and income smoothing …

simple precautionary savings analysis to more complex economic interactions and it builds the economic intuition for policy …