Details about Bruce Wydick
Homepage: | https://sites.google.com/a/usfca.edu/wydick/
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Phone: | 415-422-5863 |
Postal address: | Dept. of Economics, University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street SF, CA 94117 |
Workplace: | Economics, Westmont College, (more information at EDIRC) Economics Department, University of San Francisco, (more information at EDIRC) Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, (more information at EDIRC) Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California-Berkeley, (more information at EDIRC)
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Working Papers
2018
- Mortality from Nestlé’s Marketing of Infant Formula in Low and Middle-Income Countries
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
2016
- Does child sponsorship pay off in adulthood ? an international study of impacts on income and wealth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 
See also Journal Article Does Child Sponsorship Pay off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) View citations (3) (2017)
- Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
See also Chapter Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (6) (2017)
- Shoeing the Children: the impact of the TOMS Shoe donation program in rural El Salvador
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Shoeing the Children: The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
2013
- Keeping the Doctor Away: Experimental Evidence on Investment in Preventative Health Products
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (62)
See also Journal Article Keeping the doctor away: Experimental evidence on investment in preventative health products, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (57) (2013)
2005
- The effect of social capital on group loan repayment: Evidence from artefactual field experiments
Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (3)
Journal Articles
2019
- Raising achievement among microentrepreneurs: An experimental test of goals, incentives, and support groups in Medellin, Colombia
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 161, (C), 79-97 View citations (1)
2018
- Developing Hope among Impoverished Children: Using Child Self-Portraits to Measure Poverty Program Impacts
Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, (2), 330-355 View citations (13)
- Poverty, Aspirations, and the Economics of Hope
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66, (4), 709 - 753 View citations (44)
- Shoeing the Children: The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (3), 727-751 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper Shoeing the Children: the impact of the TOMS Shoe donation program in rural El Salvador, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (2) (2016)
2017
- Does Child Sponsorship Pay off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth
The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31, (2), 434-458 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Does child sponsorship pay off in adulthood ? an international study of impacts on income and wealth, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) (2016)
2016
- Microfinance on the margin: why recent impact studies may understate average treatment effects
Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2016, 8, (2), 257-265 View citations (10)
- Wheels of fortune: the economic impacts of wheelchair provision in Ethiopia
Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2016, 8, (1), 44-66 View citations (7)
2015
- Measuring Microfinance: Assessing the Conflict between Practitioners and Researchers with Evidence from Nepal
World Development, 2015, 68, (C), 30-47 View citations (5)
2014
- Do Risky Microfinance Borrowers Really Invest in Risky Projects? Experimental Evidence from Bolivia
Journal of Development Studies, 2014, 50, (2), 276-287 View citations (2)
- Do in-kind transfers damage local markets? The case of TOMS shoe donations in El Salvador
Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2014, 6, (3), 249-267 View citations (4)
- Does New Information Technology Lower Media Quality? The Paradox of Commercial Public Goods
Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 2014, 14, (2), 145-157 View citations (2)
- Got milk? The impact of Heifer International’s livestock donation programs in Rwanda on nutritional outcomes
Food Policy, 2014, 44, (C), 202-213 View citations (53)
2013
- Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Joint Liability Loan Contracts: Evidence from an Artefactual Field Experiment
Journal of Economics and Management, 2013, 9, (2), 153-184 View citations (2)
- Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes
Journal of Political Economy, 2013, 121, (2), 393 - 436 View citations (33)
- Keeping the doctor away: Experimental evidence on investment in preventative health products
Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 105, (C), 196-210 View citations (57)
See also Working Paper Keeping the Doctor Away: Experimental Evidence on Investment in Preventative Health Products, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (62) (2013)
2011
- Environmental and health impacts from the introduction of improved wood stoves: evidence from a field experiment in Guatemala
Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2011, 13, (4), 657-676 View citations (6)
- Microfinance and Home Improvement: Using Retrospective Panel Data to Measure Program Effects on Fundamental Events
World Development, 2011, 39, (6), 922-937 View citations (35)
- Social Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Credit Access: Evidence from Rural Guatemala
World Development, 2011, 39, (6), 974-982 View citations (39)
- The Economics of Parenting, Self‐esteem and Academic Performance: Theory and a Test
Economica, 2011, 78, (310), 215-239 View citations (10)
2010
- Does social capital matter? Evidence from a five-country group lending experiment
Oxford Economic Papers, 2010, 62, (4), 715-739 View citations (40)
2008
- Do race-based preferences perpetuate discrimination against marginalized ethnic groups?
Journal of Developing Areas, 2008, 42, (1), 165-181
2007
- Credit Information Systems in Less Developed Countries: A Test with Microfinance in Guatemala
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (2), 313-334 View citations (42)
- Grandma was Right: Why Cohabitation Undermines Relational Satisfaction, But Is Increasing Anyway
Kyklos, 2007, 60, (4), 617-645 View citations (3)
- The effect of social capital on group loan repayment: evidence from field experiments
Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (517), F85-F106 View citations (120)
2005
- Competition and microfinance
Journal of Development Economics, 2005, 78, (2), 271-298 View citations (196)
2002
- AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: EXAMINING LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF FOUR ALTERNATIVE POLICIES
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2002, 20, (1), 12-24 View citations (4)
- How Efficient are Africa's Emerging Stock Markets?
Journal of Development Studies, 2002, 38, (4), 141-156 View citations (50)
- Microfinance among the Maya: Tracking the Progress of Borrowers
Development and Change, 2002, 33, (3), 489-509 View citations (2)
2001
- Microenterprise Lending to Female Entrepreneurs: Sacrificing Economic Growth for Poverty Alleviation?
World Development, 2001, 29, (7), 1225-1236 View citations (111)
1999
- Can Social Cohesion Be Harnessed to Repair Market Failures? Evidence from Group Lending in Guatemala
Economic Journal, 1999, 109, (457), 463-75 View citations (184)
- Credit access, human capital and class structure mobility
Journal of Development Studies, 1999, 35, (6), 131-152 View citations (13)
- The Effect of Microenterprise Lending on Child Schooling in Guatemala
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1999, 47, (4), 853-69 View citations (48)
Books
2008
- Games in Economic Development
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (13)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2008) View citations (13)
Chapters
2017
- Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico
A chapter in The Economics of Poverty Traps, 2017, pp 153-177 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper Hope as Aspirations, Agency, and Pathways: Poverty Dynamics and Microfinance in Oaxaca, Mexico, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (9) (2016)
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