AER Insights 2019
Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines
This package is used to reproduce experimental results on debt and financial behavior in India.
Dean Karlan; Sendhil Mullainathan; Benjamin N. Roth · 2019 · OpenICPSR / AEA
OpenICPSR / AEA / Harvard Dataverse · AEA
India, Philippines
Market vendor study period (article)
Article package (2019)
What this is best for
Market-vendor debt microdata with India merged Stata file and official journal archive
Main limitations
OpenICPSR distributed as received; code language partly NR
Quick answers
Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.
- What is Karlan et al. 2019 used for?
- Market-vendor debt microdata with India merged Stata file and official journal archive
- How do you access Karlan et al. 2019 data?
- Karlan et al. 2019 is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
- What geography and time does Karlan et al. 2019 cover?
- Geography: India, Philippines. Time coverage: Market vendor study period (article).
- What are the main limitations of Karlan et al. 2019?
- OpenICPSR distributed as received; code language partly NR
Guides for using this data
Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.
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Pairs well with
Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.