Competitive loan-groups and economic achievements of microcredit loan users in a group-lending program
Estimating the impacts of a self-selected loan group on the household income of its members: Evidence from India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22204405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Megumi Nishimura (0000-0002-5261-0631, Kyoritsu Women's University, corresponding author), Abhay Joshi (0000-0002-4242-5045, Daito Bunka University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 100196 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Sciences & Humanities Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2590-2911 • E-ISSN: 2590-2911 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ssaho.2021.100196 |
| OpenAlex | W3189919798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
This study sheds light on self-selected loan groups formed under a microcredit group-lending program and estimates how and the extent to which post-determined group-related factors reflecting the group atmosphere and rivalry among the group members affect the economic achievements of the loan users. Based on data from Maharashtra State, India, this study finds that social homogeneity and monitoring among members work as building blocks to increase the household income of a loan user, while fairness and frequent meetings with other members work as stumbling blocks. The likelihood of increasing household income is higher if a member joins a competitive loan group in which socially homogenous members gather and monitor each other but meet less frequently and are not granted equal treatment. These results suggest that pre-existing conditions are not the only factors responsible for economic success and that the posterior environment surrounding microcredit users also contributes to increasing their household income. In our study, rather than creating a comfortable egalitarian loan group, the formation of a competitive loan group can be a posterior factor leading to economic success
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |