Impact of microcredit on borrowers’ expenditures: a fuzzy regression discontinuity design approach

Khondker Aktaruzzaman and Omar Farooq

Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 48, issue 38, 3685-3694

Abstract: This article uses the data from 69 villages in Bangladesh to estimate the effect of participation in microcredit programmes on household expenditures. A regression discontinuity design (RDD) is used to identify the credit effect. Our results show heterogeneous treatment effect on different types of expenditures. We show that access to credit reduces per capita expenditure on durable goods such as kitchen equipment, furniture, repair and maintenance of house and increases the expenditure on per school-going child. We also show insignificant impact of access to credit on non-durable goods and health care, recreation and gifts. Interestingly, our results indicate a positive impact of microcredit on village-level expenditures.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1142662

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