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The Effect of Promoting Savings on Informal Risk-Sharing: Experimental Evidence from Vulnerable Women in Kenya

Felipe Dizon, Erick Gong and Kelly Jones
Published online before print June 07, 2019, 0917-9077R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0917-9077R2
Felipe Dizon
Felipe Dizon is an economist at the World Bank. Erick Gong is an associate professor of economics at Middlebury College. Kelly Jones is an assistant professor of economics at American University and a senior research economist at the Institute of Women's Policy Research.
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Erick Gong
Felipe Dizon is an economist at the World Bank. Erick Gong is an associate professor of economics at Middlebury College. Kelly Jones is an assistant professor of economics at American University and a senior research economist at the Institute of Women's Policy Research.
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Felipe Dizon is an economist at the World Bank. Erick Gong is an associate professor of economics at Middlebury College. Kelly Jones is an assistant professor of economics at American University and a senior research economist at the Institute of Women's Policy Research.
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0917-9077R2
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.55.3.0917-9077R2
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0022-166X
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  1. Felipe Dizon is an economist at the World Bank. Erick Gong is an associate professor of economics at Middlebury College. Kelly Jones is an assistant professor of economics at American University and a senior research economist at the Institute of Women's Policy Research.
  1. Corresponding author (email: fdizon{at}worldbank.org)

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