Aspiring to a better future: can a simple psychological intervention reduce poverty?
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- Kate Orkin & Rob Garlick & Mahreen Mahmud & Richard Sedlmayr & Johannes Haushofer & Stefan Dercon, 2023. "Aspiring to a Better Future: Can a Simple Psychological Intervention Reduce Poverty?," NBER Working Papers 31735, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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JEL classification:
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2024-12-09 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-INV-2024-12-09 (Investment)
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