Events at The University of Manchester
  • University home
  • Events
  • Home
  • Exhibitions
  • Conferences
  • Lectures and seminars
  • Performances
  • Events for prospective students
  • Family events
  • All Events

Development Economics Seminar: Chris Woodruff (University of Oxford)

image
Dates:2 May 2017
Times:13:00 - 14:00
What is it:Seminar
Organiser:School of Social Sciences
Speaker:Chris Woodruff
See travel and contact information
Add to your calendar

Other events

  • In category "Seminar"
  • In group "(SoSS) Economics"
  • In group "(SoSS) Economics - development"
  • By School of Social Sciences

Title: What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka. Abstract: When households increase their deposits in formal bank savings accounts, what is the source of the money? We combine high-frequency surveys with an experiment in which a Sri Lankan bank used mobile Point-of-Service (POS) terminals to collect deposits directly from households each week. We find that the headwaters of formal savings are in sacrificed leisure time: households work more, with evidence that improved savings options generate an increase in labor effort in both self-employment and the wage market. The results are consistent with a standard neo-classical model of the effect of real interest rate changes on intertemporal labor allocation, and suggest that the labor allocation channel is an important mechanism linking savings opportunities to income.

Speaker

Chris Woodruff

Organisation: University of Oxford

  • http://www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/people/christopher-woodruff

Travel and Contact Information

Find event

G.030/31
Arthur Lewis Building
Manchester

Contact event

Jennifer Golan

0161 30 68023

jennifer.golan@manchester.ac.uk

Share / follow event

Contact us

  • +44 (0) 161 306 6000

Find us

The University of Manchester
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK

Connect with the University

  • Facebook page for The University of Manchester
  • Twitter page for The University of Manchester
  • YouTube page for The University of Manchester
  • Google+ page for The University of Manchester
  • Pinterest page for The University of Manchester

  • Privacy /
  • Copyright notice /
  • Accessibility /
  • Freedom of information /
  • Charitable status /
  • Royal Charter Number: RC000797
  • Close menu
  • Home
    • Featured events
    • Today's events
    • The Whitworth events
    • Manchester Museum events
    • Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre events
    • Martin Harris Centre events
    • The John Rylands Library events
    • Exhibitions
    • Conferences
    • Lectures and seminars
    • Performances
    • Events for prospective students
    • Family events
    • All events