Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54736 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 No. 38 [rev.]
Publisher: 
Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer, Göttingen
Abstract: 
We provide new micro evidence on the discussion about the relationship between financial development and welfare. Relying on the concept of local financial development our analysis focuses on three dimensions of household welfare: vulnerability to poverty, investment, and consumption smoothing. Even though we cannot find a significant effect on vulnerability, we provide evidence that financial development is correlated with higher investment and better possibilities to smooth consumption. The extent of both effects is also economically significant. Our results hold for alternative specifications and variations in the measurement of financial development.
Subjects: 
credit rationing
investment
consumption
consumption smoothing
growth
JEL: 
O16
G21
D12
D24
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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