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Maricruz Lacalle-Calderon, Microfinance and income inequality: New macrolevel evidence. 2019, REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Maricruz Lacalle-Calderon, Microfinance and income inequality: New macrolevel evidence. 2019, REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

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This paper addresses the empirical question of whether microfinance has any impact on income inequality at the macrolevel. Very little research has been conducted on the relationship between the macrolevel scale of microfinance and income inequality over time in a country and across countries. Based on panel-data techniques, with annual data from 85 countries from 2001 to 2012 and a broad theoretical framework on microfinance and inequality, we provide empirical evidence that suggests that increases in the macrolevel scale of microcredit in a country contribute to reducing income inequality within that country over time. Finally, since microfinance may be endogenous, we used instruments from the existing literature to control for this problem.

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Lacalle-Calderon, M (Lacalle-Calderon, Maricruz); Larru, JM (Maria Larru, Jose); Garrido, SR (Rico Garrido, Silvia); Perez-Trujillo, M (Perez-Trujillo, Manuel)

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Lacalle-Calderon, M, Larrú, JM, Garrido, SR, Perez-Trujillo, M. Microfinance and income inequality: New macrolevel evidence. Rev Dev Econ. 2019; 23: 860– 876. https://doi-org.ezproxy2.ucn.cl/10.1111/rode.12573

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