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Homepage:https://wp.nyu.edu/jmorduch/
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Workplace:Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University (NYU), (more information at EDIRC)
Department of Economics, New York University (NYU), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

  1. Household Responses to Guaranteed Income: Experimental Evidence from Compton, California
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Selecting Experimental Sites for External Validity
    Papers, arXiv.org Downloads View citations (1)
  3. The Social Meaning of Mobile Money: Earmarking Reduces the Willingness to Spend in Migrant Households
    Working Papers, Florida International University, Department of Economics Downloads
    See also Journal Article The social meaning of mobile money: Earmarking reduces the willingness to spend in migrant households, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2024) Downloads (2024)

2023

  1. The Social Meaning of Mobile Money: Willingness to Pay with Mobile Money in Bangladesh
    Working Papers, Florida International University, Department of Economics Downloads

2021

  1. Narrowing the Gender Gap in Mobile Banking
    Working Papers, Florida International University, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Narrowing the gender gap in mobile banking, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2022) Downloads View citations (9) (2022)

2018

  1. Earning to Give: Occupational Choice for Effective Altruists
    Working Papers CEB, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles Downloads View citations (1)

2017

  1. Microfinance and economic development
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (19)

2016

  1. The microfinance business model: enduring subsidy and modest profit
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The Microfinance Business Model: Enduring Subsidy and Modest Profit, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2018) Downloads View citations (29) (2018)

2013

  1. Banks and Microbanks
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Banks and Microbanks, Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer (2014) Downloads View citations (35) (2014)
  2. Substitution Bias and External Validity: Why an Innovative Anti-poverty Program Showed no Net Impact
    CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Downloads View citations (4)

2012

  1. Failure vs. Displacement: Why An Innovative Anti-Poverty Program Showed No Net Impact
    PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Downloads View citations (9)
    Also in CEI Working Paper Series, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (2012) Downloads View citations (9)

2010

  1. Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (4)
    Also in Working Papers IES, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies (2008) Downloads View citations (16)

    See also Journal Article Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012) Downloads View citations (166) (2012)

2009

  1. Does regulatory supervision curtail microfinance profitability and outreach ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Does Regulatory Supervision Curtail Microfinance Profitability and Outreach?, World Development, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (126) (2011)
  2. Microfinance tradeoffs: regulation, competition, and financing
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Chapter Microfinance Trade-Offs: Regulation, Competition and Financing, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2011) Downloads View citations (5) (2011)
  3. The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development Downloads View citations (86)
    See also Journal Article The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) Downloads View citations (58) (2014)
  4. The psychology of microinsurance small changes can make a surprising difference
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization Downloads

2008

  1. Microfinance meets the market
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (18)
    See also Chapter Microfinance meets the market, Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2009) Downloads View citations (17) (2009)
    Journal Article Microfinance Meets the Market, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2009) Downloads View citations (243) (2009)

2006

  1. Financial performance and outreach: a global analysis of leading microbanks
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article Financial performance and outreach: a global analysis of leading microbanks, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007) View citations (323) (2007)
  2. Microfinance Games
    Center Discussion Papers, Yale University, Economic Growth Center Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, The Field Experiments Website (2006) Downloads View citations (20)
    Framed Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2006) Downloads View citations (3)
    Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2006) Downloads View citations (25)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2006) Downloads View citations (33)

    See also Journal Article Microfinance Games, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2010) Downloads View citations (74) (2010)

2005

  1. Do interest rates matter? credit demand in the Dhaka Slums
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Do interest rates matter? Credit demand in the Dhaka slums, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (57) (2012)

2002

  1. Consumption Smoothing Across Space: Testing Theories of Risk-Sharing in the ICRISAT Study Region of South India
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (5)
  2. Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) Downloads View citations (41)

2001

  1. Replicating Microfinance in the United States: Opportunities and Challenges
    Development and Comp Systems, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Strengthening public safety nets: Can the informal sector show the way?
    FCND discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in FCND briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2001) Downloads View citations (8)

1998

  1. Does Microfinance Really Help the Poor? New Evidence from Flagship Programs in Bangladesh
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Research Program in Development Studies. Downloads View citations (177)
  2. Politics, Growth and Inequality in Rural China: Does It Pay To Join the Party?
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Politics, growth, and inequality in rural China: does it pay to join the Party?, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2000) Downloads View citations (60) (2000)
  3. Rethinking Inequality Decomposition, with Evidence from Rural China
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Rethinking Inequality Decomposition, With Evidence from Rural China, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2002) View citations (236) (2002)
  4. The Microfinance Schism
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article The Microfinance Schism, World Development, Elsevier (2000) Downloads View citations (225) (2000)

1996

  1. POVERTY AND THE POPULATION PROBLEM:EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH
    Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Sibling Rivalry, Resource Constraints and the Health of Children
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (1)

1995

  1. A Positive Measure of Poverty
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development
  2. Income Smoothing and Consumption Smoothing
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (700)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1995) View citations (685)

    See also Journal Article Income Smoothing and Consumption Smoothing, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (1995) Downloads View citations (727) (1995)
  3. Poverty and Vulnerability
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Poverty and Vulnerability, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1994) Downloads View citations (180) (1994)
  4. Using Mixture Models to Detect Sex Bias in Health Outcomes in Bangladesh
    Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development View citations (1)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1995) View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Using mixture models to detect sex bias in health outcomes in Bangladesh, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (1997) Downloads View citations (43) (1997)

1993

  1. A Model of Price Liberalization in Russia
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research
  2. Identifying Sex Bias in the Allocation of Household Resources: Evidence from Linked Household Surveys from Bangladesh
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (22)

Journal Articles

2024

  1. The social meaning of mobile money: Earmarking reduces the willingness to spend in migrant households
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 221, (C), 675-688 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The Social Meaning of Mobile Money: Earmarking Reduces the Willingness to Spend in Migrant Households, Working Papers (2024) Downloads (2024)
  2. What win–win lost: rethinking microfinance subsidy in the past and designing for the future
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2024, 40, (1), 44-53 Downloads

2022

  1. A dialogue on the future of microfinance and international development
    Mondes en développement, 2022, n° 199-200, (3), 419-434 Downloads
  2. Narrowing the gender gap in mobile banking
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 193, (C), 276-293 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Narrowing the Gender Gap in Mobile Banking, Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (3) (2021)

2021

  1. Migration, externalities, and the diffusion of COVID-19 in South Asia☆
    Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 193, (C) Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in Bangladesh
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13, (1), 38-71 Downloads View citations (59)

2020

  1. COVID-19 and the future of microfinance: evidence and insights from Pakistan
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36, (Supplement_1), S138-S168 Downloads View citations (13)
  2. Why RCTs failed to answer the biggest questions about microcredit impact
    World Development, 2020, 127, (C) Downloads View citations (11)

2019

  1. Paying in pieces: A natural experiment on demand for life insurance under different payment schemes
    Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 139, (C), 69-77 Downloads View citations (1)

2018

  1. The Microfinance Business Model: Enduring Subsidy and Modest Profit
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (2), 221-244 Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper The microfinance business model: enduring subsidy and modest profit, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) Downloads View citations (6) (2016)

2017

  1. Bringing winners and losers into the classroom
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2017, 48, (1), 31-33 Downloads

2015

  1. Failure vs. displacement: Why an innovative anti-poverty program showed no net impact in South India
    Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 116, (C), 1-16 Downloads View citations (24)

2014

  1. Banks and Microbanks
    Journal of Financial Services Research, 2014, 46, (1), 1-53 Downloads View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Banks and Microbanks, CEI Working Paper Series (2013) Downloads View citations (8) (2013)
  2. The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence
    Journal of Development Studies, 2014, 50, (4), 583-604 Downloads View citations (58)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence, Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (86) (2009)

2013

  1. Is Micro too Small? Microcredit vs. SME Finance
    World Development, 2013, 43, (C), 288-297 Downloads View citations (20)

2012

  1. Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (2), 1118-39 Downloads View citations (166)
    See also Working Paper Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit: Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) Downloads View citations (4) (2010)
  2. Do interest rates matter? Credit demand in the Dhaka slums
    Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 97, (2), 437-449 Downloads View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper Do interest rates matter? credit demand in the Dhaka Slums, MPRA Paper (2005) Downloads View citations (37) (2005)

2011

  1. Does Regulatory Supervision Curtail Microfinance Profitability and Outreach?
    World Development, 2011, 39, (6), 949-965 Downloads View citations (126)
    See also Working Paper Does regulatory supervision curtail microfinance profitability and outreach ?, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) Downloads View citations (4) (2009)
  2. Microfinance and Social Investment
    Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2011, 3, (1), 407-434 Downloads View citations (14)

2010

  1. Borrowing to Save
    Journal of Globalization and Development, 2010, 1, (2), 11 Downloads View citations (12)
  2. Microfinance Games
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010, 2, (3), 60-95 Downloads View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Microfinance Games, Center Discussion Papers (2006) Downloads View citations (2) (2006)

2009

  1. Microfinance Meets the Market
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2009, 23, (1), 167-92 Downloads View citations (243)
    See also Working Paper Microfinance meets the market, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) Downloads View citations (18) (2008)
    Chapter Microfinance meets the market, Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, 2009, 1-30 (2009) Downloads View citations (17) (2009)

2008

  1. The Unbanked: Evidence from Indonesia
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (3), 517-537 Downloads View citations (41)

2007

  1. Financial performance and outreach: a global analysis of leading microbanks
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (517), F107-F133 View citations (323)
    See also Working Paper Financial performance and outreach: a global analysis of leading microbanks, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) Downloads View citations (31) (2006)
  2. From Microfinance to m-Finance Innovations Case Discussion: M-PESA
    Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 2007, 2, (1-2), 82-90 Downloads View citations (7)

2002

  1. Rethinking Inequality Decomposition, With Evidence from Rural China
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (476), 93-106 View citations (236)
    See also Working Paper Rethinking Inequality Decomposition, with Evidence from Rural China, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (1998) View citations (17) (1998)
  2. Strengthening Public Safety Nets from the Bottom Up
    Development Policy Review, 2002, 20, (5), 569-588 Downloads View citations (14)

2000

  1. Microfinance Beyond Group Lending
    The Economics of Transition, 2000, 8, (2), 401-420 Downloads View citations (142)
  2. Politics, growth, and inequality in rural China: does it pay to join the Party?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 77, (3), 331-356 Downloads View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Politics, Growth and Inequality in Rural China: Does It Pay To Join the Party?, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (1998) View citations (1) (1998)
  3. Sibling Rivalry in Africa
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 405-409 Downloads View citations (80)
  4. The Microfinance Schism
    World Development, 2000, 28, (4), 617-629 Downloads View citations (225)
    See also Working Paper The Microfinance Schism, Working Papers (1998) View citations (11) (1998)

1999

  1. Between the State and the Market: Can Informal Insurance Patch the Safety Net?
    The World Bank Research Observer, 1999, 14, (2), 187-207 Downloads View citations (218)
  2. Sibling rivalry and the gender gap: Evidence from child health outcomes in Ghana
    Journal of Population Economics, 1998, 11, (4), 471-493 Downloads View citations (27)
  3. The Microfinance Promise
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1999, 37, (4), 1569-1614 Downloads View citations (632)
  4. The role of subsidies in microfinance: evidence from the Grameen Bank
    Journal of Development Economics, 1999, 60, (1), 229-248 Downloads View citations (119)

1998

  1. Poverty, economic growth, and average exit time
    Economics Letters, 1998, 59, (3), 385-390 Downloads View citations (12)

1997

  1. Using mixture models to detect sex bias in health outcomes in Bangladesh
    Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 77, (1), 259-276 Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Working Paper Using Mixture Models to Detect Sex Bias in Health Outcomes in Bangladesh, Working Papers (1995) View citations (1) (1995)

1995

  1. Decentralization, Externalities, and Efficiency
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1995, 62, (2), 223-247 Downloads View citations (38)
  2. Income Smoothing and Consumption Smoothing
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1995, 9, (3), 103-114 Downloads View citations (727)
    See also Working Paper Income Smoothing and Consumption Smoothing, Working Papers (1995) View citations (700) (1995)

1994

  1. Distributional Consequences of the Russian Price Liberalization
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1994, 42, (3), 469-83 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Poverty and Vulnerability
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 221-25 Downloads View citations (180)
    See also Working Paper Poverty and Vulnerability, Working Papers (1995) View citations (7) (1995)

1990

  1. BOOK REVIEWS
    Contributions to Political Economy, 1990, 9, (1), 107-113 Downloads

1987

  1. Wheat and Maize Price Policies in Hungary: Tradeoffs between Foreign Exchange and Government Revenue
    Agricultural Economics, 1987, 1, (3), 273-290 Downloads
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1987, 1, (3), 273-290 (1987) Downloads

Books

2010

  1. The Economics of Microfinance, Second Edition, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (340)
    Also in MIT Press Books, The MIT Press (2010) View citations (340)

2007

  1. The Economics of Microfinance, vol 1
    MIT Press Books, The MIT Press View citations (117)

Chapters

2023

  1. Rethinking poverty, household finance, and microfinance
    Chapter 2 in Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development, 2023, pp 21-40 Downloads

2011

  1. Microfinance Trade-Offs: Regulation, Competition and Financing
    Chapter 7 in The Handbook Of Microfinance, 2011, pp 141-157 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Microfinance tradeoffs: regulation, competition, and financing, The World Bank (2009) Downloads View citations (1) (2009)

2010

  1. Access to Finance
    Elsevier Downloads View citations (76)

2009

  1. Microfinance meets the market
    A chapter in Moving Beyond Storytelling: Emerging Research in Microfinance, 2009, pp 1-30 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Microfinance meets the market, The World Bank (2008) Downloads View citations (18) (2008)
    Journal Article Microfinance Meets the Market, American Economic Association (2009) Downloads View citations (243) (2009)
 
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