Emma Riley
@EmmaRiley19
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan. Development economist, studying female entrepreneurship and digital financial services.
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined October 2011
RT @econthatmatters: Next up in our interview series is a conversation with @EmmaRiley19 ! She talks about her research on financial inclus….
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As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got t…
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RT @vox_dev: 🆕 Incentives versus endorsement: How to boost digital banking adoption and savings. Today on VoxDev, @EmmaRiley19 (@umichECON)….
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Peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake and increased formal savings among women in Ghana.
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RT @mahreenmahmud: Excited to share work with @kateorkin @EmmaRiley19 in rural Kenya. We show that adding an aspiration-boosting workshop t….
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Cash and asset transfer programs are widely used to improve household economic outcomes, but their impact on women’s empowerment is mixed. In a four-arm field experiment with 3,000 rural Kenyan...
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RT @poverty_action: Researchers in Ghana explored how to encourage mobile banking use in rural microfinance groups. Results showed that hav….
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RT @poverty_action: How can mobile banking adoption grow in rural areas? An IPA study in Ghana found that combining small incentives and ha….
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Excited to share a @vox_dev post on my new paper on digital financial services and women’s empowerment with @rachelmheath.
🆕 Empowering women through digital financial services 🇹🇿. Today on VoxDev, @rachelmheath @UWecon & @EmmaRiley19 @umichECON outline the positive impacts of increasing women’s use of mobile money in Tanzania:
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RT @CEGA_UC: 📖 New #CEGAWorkingPaper 📖. Adding a trusted friend's endorsement to individual incentives can double the adoption of mobile ba….
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Delighted to see this out in print!.
Seeing a movie containing a role model improved the exam performance of secondary school students in Uganda. In the March 2024 issue of REStat by Emma Riley @emmariley19.
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Delighted to share that my job market paper is forthcoming at the AER!.
Forthcoming in the AER: "Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda" by Emma Riley.
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RT @JPAL: Digital financial services like mobile banking can be a powerful tool to ⬆️ financial inclusion, especially for those in rural ar….
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RT @dmckenzie001: Coping with Weather Disasters through International Migration: The Role of Search Frictions and International Migrant Dem….
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The 2nd in this year's job market series looks at the extent to which Filipinos can use international migration as a way of responding to typhoons
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RT @JPAL: What are innovative ways to increase the use of mobile banking services in rural low-access areas? @EmmaRiley19 & @Abu_Shonchoy e….
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RT @JPAL: Can information campaigns encourage adoption of new digital financial services? In Ghana, J-PAL affiliates @EmmaRiley19 & @Abu_Sh….
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RT @BetterThan_Cash: 🚨 Less than one week to go! Join us for the #SDG Webinar on the transformative potential of digital financial inclusio….
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RT @BetterThan_Cash: 📢 Save the date! Join @poverty_action , @wb_research and the Alliance for a discussion on the power of digital financi….
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I’ll also miss my fantastic colleagues at the University of Washington. It’s been a really supportive department and I’ve made some great friends.
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I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining the department of economics at the University of Michigan in the Fall! I’m really looking forward to being part of such a great group of economists! @umichECON.
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RT @JPAL: 1/ Nearly 140 million people around the world were active borrowers from a #microcredit institution in 2018. How has microcredit….
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Findings on the impacts of microcredit continue to evolve. Early evidence from randomized evaluations in low- and middle-income countries showed that the classic microcredit model did not lead to...
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I really enjoyed all the studies on digital financial technologies. Lots of exciting papers are coming soon!.
As we close up the 20th anniversary #MWIEDC @UHouston, what are some of your favorite ideas and open questions from the weekend? (And thanks for being here!) @ElaineLiuEcon @fanwangecon.
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