Artikel

Digital credit and the gender gap in financial inclusion: Empirical evidence from Kenya

Formal digital credit raises hopes to decrease the gender gap in financial inclusion. However, up until now, it remains unknown whether these hopes are justified. Using nationally representative household surveys from Kenya, the present study aims to fill this gap. We find strong indication that formal digital credit, contrasting to expectations, has led to an increase in the gender gap in financial inclusion. We further find indication that the pervasive gender gap in the formal digital credit market is largely attributable to gender differences in socio‐economic variables in combination with a lack of contract term heterogeneity in that market. The paper suggests that policies to strengthen women's position in society and/or to encourage contract term heterogeneity in the formal digital credit market could decrease the gender gap in financial inclusion.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Journal of International Development ; ISSN: 1099-1328 ; Volume: 35 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 272-295 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Klassifikation
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Thema
digital financial services
formal credit
gender equality
regulation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Johnen, Constantin
Mußhoff, Oliver
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Wiley
(wo)
Hoboken, NJ
(wann)
2022

DOI
doi:10.1002/jid.3687
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Johnen, Constantin
  • Mußhoff, Oliver
  • Wiley

Entstanden

  • 2022

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