Gender Norms in Financial Markets: Evidence from Kenya

By Susan Johnson. 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Gender Studies

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Gender Dimensions of Disaster Risk and Resilience (2021, background): “Protecting women’s assets from the impacts of disasters would require closing the gender gap in access to financial services and improving access to other safe storage methods to help them maintain control over their assets (Johnson 2004; Vonderlack and Schreiner 2002).”
Financial Access and Exclusion in Kenya and Uganda (2011, background): “These have also evolved over time with economic factors, such as greater agricultural productivity in Central Kenya, interacting with socio-cultural and political dynamics (Zeleza, 1990; Johnson, 2004b) to allow the strong development of SACCOs in the region.”
Access to Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Gender Gap? (2013, background): “This is consistent with findings by Johnson and Nino Zarazua (2011)”
Women and Repayment in Microfinance: A Global Analysis (2011, background): “repayment modalities can be adapted to women’s specific financial needs (Johnson, 2004) and collateral requirements can include female forms of property (Mayoux, 2001).”
Focus on Women in Microfinance Institutions (2013, background): “For instance, women’s business activities often imply a quick turnover, which is more adaptable to the regular repayments demanded by most MFIs (Johnson, 2004).”
Bringing Africa In: Promising Directions for Management Research (2016, background): “But, while some studies argue that microcredit schemes targeted at women have successfully overcome gender inequalities (Johnson, 2004), others find that the disproportionate emphasis on providing microfinance to poor women at the exclusion of poor men constitutes a shortsighted poverty alleviation…”
Gender and the Business Environment for New Firm Creation (2011, background): “Although women might not be legally prohibited from obtaining licenses required for accessing certain types of ﬁnancing, evidence from Africa shows that in many instances only male heads of households are able to receive them successfully (Johnson 2004; Narain 2009).”
Juggling with Debt, Social Ties, and Values (2014, background): “Calculations and arbitrations between the financial and social costs of debt are also gendered (Johnson 2004).”