【主讲】Inessa Love; 世界银行

【主题】改进融资渠道的真实影响：墨西哥的证据

【时间】2011-9-21（周三）12:30-14:00

【地点】清华AG真人国际官网 伟伦楼503

【语言】英文

【主办】AG真人在线经济系

【Speaker】 Inessa Love, The World Bank

【Topic】 The real impact of improved access to finance: evidence from Mexico

【Time】 12:30-14:00, 2011-9-21, Wednesday

【Venue】 Weilun 503, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】English

【Organizer】Department of Economics

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of providing financial services to low-income individuals on entrepreneurial activity, employment, and income. We exploit cross-time and cross-municipality variation in the opening of Banco Azteca in Mexico to measure these effects with a difference-in-difference strategy. This bank opened over 800 branches simultaneously in 2002, focusing on low-income clients. Our results show that the opening of Banco Azteca led to an increase in the number of informal business owners by 7.6 percent. Total employment also increased, by 1.4 percent, and average income went up by about 7 percent. These effects are stronger for individuals with low pre-existing income levels and in municipalities with lower pre-existing bank penetration.