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Título:
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Financial Inclusion and Women Economic Empowerment in Ghana
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Autor/a:
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Zelu, Barbara Ama; Iranzo, Susana; Pérez Laborda, Alejandro
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Otros autores:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia |
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Abstract:
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Although the impact of micro-credit and direct cash transfers on women economic empowerment
has been extensively studied. The impact of just having either a formal or informal bank account remains
relatively understudied. This paper uses a detailed national representative data of female household heads
in Ghana to analyze how having a formal and informal bank account economically empowers women. Using
propensity score matching, our results elicit that having a bank account encourages women to be employed
and also increases their per capita income. The results also indicate that, the level of education and sector
of employment positively contributes to women’s economic empowerment. Additionally, the result reveal that
female household heads living in the cities are more economically empowered than their counterpart living in
the rural areas.
Keywords: Financial Inclusion · Women Economic Empowerment · Gender Equality · Ghana
Jel Codes : D14, D63, G21, G22, O12, O16 |
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Fecha de creación:
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2022 |
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Materias (CDU):
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331 - Treball. Relacions laborals. Ocupació. Organització del treball |
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Materia(s):
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Dones-Condicions econòmiques
Ghana |
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Derechos:
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L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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Páginas:
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27 p. |
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Tipo de documento:
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Documento de trabajo |
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Editor:
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ECO-SOS, Centre de Recerca en Economia i Sostenibilitat
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Collection:
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Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2022-04
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