This RCT examines the effect of a new style finance training during which participants are given personalized feedback on their financial business outcomes in addition to a “rules-of-thumb” training approach. We compare this to the effects of a “rules-of-thumb” training by itself and to a control group. Targeting about 500 small and micro entrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda, we find that the personalized ...
The ultra-loose monetary policy of recent years has raised concerns that the low interest rate environment may overly benefit households with specific demographic and financial characteristics. In this context, monetary policy can be a potential driver of gender wealth inequality, since women are known to be more risk averse, less financially literate, and to participate less in the financial markets ...
Wie unterscheiden sich Geflüchtete in Bezug auf ihre Gesundheit? Und in welchem Zusammenhang stehen die Ungleichheiten in der Gesundheit mit ihren Lebensbedingungen und dem Gesundheitssystem? Diesen Fragen geht ab diesem Herbst für zunächst drei Jahre die Forschungsgruppe „Fluchtmigration nach Deutschland: ein „Vergrößerungsglas“ für umfassendere ...
How do refugees differ from other population groups with respect to health? And how are health inequalities between refugees and others related to living conditions and the health care system? These research questions will guide the project “Refugee Migration to Germany: A Magnifying Glass for Broader Public Health Challenges” (PH-LENS), which started work on October 1, 2019, for an initial ...
Ziel des Projekts ist es, Domain-Data Protokolle (DDPs), d.h. Muster-Standardprotokolle, zu erstellen, um Qualitätssicherung und Nachnutzung von Forschungsdaten zu sichern. Das Ergebnis werden öffentliche, anpassbare und referenzierbare Protokolle für das Datenmanagement in der Bildungsforschungsein. Sie beschreiben konkret und auf den spezifischen Datentyp bezogen alle relevanten Aspekte des...
By developing publicly available, adaptive, and (re-)usable Domain Data Protocols (DDPs) that can be referenced for data management, the project aims to increase the quality of data management in the field of empirical educational research and to ensure the continued use of these research data. The project will develop DDPs referring to the specific data type in concrete terms for all relevant...
