Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression

Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression

Author: 
Temesgen Fitamo Bocher
Publisher: 
Emerald Publishing Limited
Date published: 
2017
Record type: 
Journal article
Region: 
Africa
Eastern Africa
Responsibility: 
Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu, jt. author
Zerihun Getachew Kelbore, jt. author
Journal Title: 
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies
Source: 
African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2017, pp. 51-65
Subject: 
WELFARE
CREDIT
FOOD SECURITY
ETHIOPIA
Abstract: 

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how credit access affects the welfare of households and sheds light on how household characteristics influence the decision to take credit and the efficiency in credit use.

Language: 
English
Country focus: 
Ethiopia
Catagory URL: 
http://www.emeraldinsight.com
Subject profile : 
Budgeting / Finance / Accounting
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-03-2017-145

CITATION: Temesgen Fitamo Bocher. Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression . : Emerald Publishing Limited , 2017. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2017, pp. 51-65 - Available at: http://library.au.int/does-access-credit-improve-household-welfare-evidence-ethiopia-using-endogenous-regime-switching