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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Financial Wellbeing."”.
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Financial Wellbeing of Non Profit Organisations in the Western Cape
… adequate service delivery. The current poor wellbeing of NPOs is largely attributed to a lack of funding. Poor funding refers to challenges regarding internal fundraising efforts, government grants as well as international donations. The struggle to raise adequate funds has not only …
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Assessing financial well-being of merchants by analyzing behavioral patterns in historical transactions
This study focuses on new approach to estimate financial wellbeing indicators for merchants, by looking at behavioral patterns of their customers in historical transactions. The transaction data for about 10,000 merchants in a specific country, was analyzed in terms of their diversity and …
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Not So Great Expectations: An Analysis of Expectation Determinants and the Predictability of Expectation Errors
… returns, personal credit access, and personal financial wellbeing to test the rational expectations hypothesis (REH). For each of these variables, I examine the determinants of expectations as well as the predictability of expectation errors. Overall, my results indicate that prior personal …
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"I will help as much as I can, but I can't give them everything:" The Financial Lives of Women Who Were Formerly Trafficked into Sex Work in the Philippines
… formerly trafficked women make intra-household financial management decisions in the Philippines. In this study, propensity score matching is used to ascertain whether women in the Philippines who manage household finances independently are more likely to experience IPV than women who manage …
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Developments in the South African credit market and analysis on indebted consumers using NIDS data
… provide vital information regarding society's financial wellbeing. This paper uses a comparative static analysis approach to evaluate total and consumer debt at the household level using two waves of NIDS data relating to the periods 2008 and 2012. The descriptive analysis is based on the share …
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The effect of fiscal decentralisation on the financial condition of district municipalities
… arrangements in South Africa on the financial wellbeing of the district municipalities across the length and breadth of the country. The data reveals that district municipalities in South Africa are not able to self-generate a meaningful amount of revenue and as a result they are …
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Measuring and characterising the functional business financial literacy of entrepreneurs: a framework and survey instrument
… require sufficient levels of business specific financial competency to operate viable and sustainable businesses. Without the ability to measure functional business financial literacy, it is challenging to provide the necessary training and support to entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, research …
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Testing a model of financial well-being
… test a conceptual model and measurement of financial well-being as a function of (a) personal characteristics; (b) objective attributes, quantitative indicators of the financial domain and financial management behaviors of respondents; (c) perceived attributes, subjectively assessed life …
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Financing Adulthood: The Risks And Hopes Of Parent Borrowing Through The Parent Loans For Undergraduate Students (plus) Program
… parent borrowing’s role in intergenerational financial support. This study investigates parent borrowing through the federally-funded Parent Loans for Undergraduate Student (PLUS) program to illustrate the risks and hope current higher education policies demand of families across the income …
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A systematic review of the assessment of out-of-pocket payment removal policies in reducing the economic burden caused by direct and indirect costs of HIV service utilization in South Africa
… HIV (PLWH), health expenses can threaten their financial wellbeing due to HIV treatment requiring multiple health visits and other healthrelated costs. We examine how the UHC policy of user fee removal has contributed to reducing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS for PLWH and their households. …
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Essays in Financial Economics
This dissertation consists of three essays in Financial Economics. The first essay concerns low-income Americans' usage of financial services. Approximately 20% of US households earning less than $30,000 a year do not have checking or savings accounts. Rather than operate within the financial …
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A study of the follow-up priorities of colorectal cancer survivors from ethnic minority groups
… often face ongoing physical, psychosocial, and financial challenges long after treatment. It is common clinical practice to monitor patients for several years after treatment for CRC with curative intent. The focus of follow-up is on the detection of recurrent or metastatic disease and wider …
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Essays on applied microeconomics
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