Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51959 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5767
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Much of the existing literature on the use of informal credit arrangements such as ROSCAs (Rotating and Credit Saving Associations) theorises the use of such institutions as arising from market failures in the development of formal saving and credit mechanisms. As economic development proceeds, formal institutions might therefore be expected to displace ROSCAs. We show, using household data for Ethiopia, that in fact use of formal institutions and ROSCAs can co-exist, even in the same household. We examine usage of both formal and informal institutions across the household income gradient, and provide a theoretical model consistent with these empirical facts.
Subjects: 
household saving
credit institutions
ROSCAs
Ethiopia
JEL: 
O16
O17
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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