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.

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Dean Karlan; Sendhil Mullainathan; Benjamin N. Roth · 2019 · OpenICPSR / AEA

Host / institution

OpenICPSR / AEA / Harvard Dataverse · AEA

Geography

India, Philippines

Time coverage

Market vendor study period (article)

Update frequency

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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Name / codeDescription
vendor debtVendor debt
borrowingBorrowing
loan sourcesLoan sources
market-vendor outcomesMarket vendor outcomes
Formats

Stata .dta · replication archive

Technical tags
replication packagemicrodata
Example uses
Typical research and analysis uses for this dataset

Informal credit and debt traps

Academic identifiers

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.