Gender Bias in Microlending: Do Opposites Attract?

<p>This study exploits a quasi-random assignment of clients to loan officers using a unique database and survey from a large microfinance bank in Nigeria to show that opposite-sex preferences affect credit demand and supply. We find that clients matched to loan officers of the opposite gender are more likely to receive credit and are more likely to return for an additional loan with the credit lender.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in International and Development Economics (MSIDEC)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Economics

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Adepoju, Kanyinsola

Contributors dc:contributor

• Prof Suparna Chakraborty

• gender bias
• microlending
• group lending
• microfinance
• credit outcomes
• nigeria
• Behavioral Economics
• Econometrics
• Finance
• International Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Other Economics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/132

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1147