Replication data for: Why Don't the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pascaline Dupas; Jonathan Robinson

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Project Citation:

Dupas, Pascaline, and Robinson, Jonathan. Replication data for: Why Don’t the Poor Save More? Evidence from Health Savings Experiments. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116115V1

Project Description

Summary: Using data from a field experiment in Kenya, we document that providing individuals with simple informal savings technologies can substantially increase investment in preventative health and reduce vulnerability to health shocks. Simply providing a safe place to keep money was sufficient to increase health savings by 66 percent. Adding an earmarking feature was only helpful when funds were put toward emergencies, or for individuals that are frequently taxed by friends and relatives. Group-based savings and credit schemes had very large effects.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C93 Field Experiments
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      D15 Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
      I12 Health Behavior
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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