Evaluating Poverty Alleviation: Essays on Microfinance, Energy Access and Limits to the Gold Standard in Empirical Economics

  • In my dissertation, I combine topical contributions on microfinance and energy access, two prevalent poverty alleviation policies, with methodological contributions on how empirical economics research can contribute to effective policymaking. Chapter 1 reviews the existing experimental evidence on microfinance. We use this deep literature to highlight challenges in generalizing from empirical research. Chapter 2 and 3 provide empirical insights on the energy access-poverty nexus. We study the long-term adoption of grid electrification and evaluate whether productive use can foster adoption and impact. Chapter 4 addresses data quality, an essential yet often overlooked element in research and policymaking. This introduction provides a general overview on microfinance, energy access, and methodological critiques on common practices in empirical economics research. [from the introduction]

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Author:Lise Masselus
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:739-opus4-14981
Referee:Jörg Ankel-Peters, Renate Hartwig
Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Year of Completion:2024
Date of Publication (online):2024/10/23
Date of first Publication:2024/10/23
Publishing Institution:Universität Passau
Granting Institution:Universität Passau, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Date of final exam:2024/10/02
Release Date:2024/10/23
Tag:energy access; meta-science; microfinance; survey methods
Page Number:145 Seiten
Institutes:Universität Passau
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International