The Puzzle of Mobile Money Markets: An Example of Goldilocks Conditions
By Ricardo Martínez-Cid and Gonzalo Pernas This paper investigates the supply-side and demand-side factors that explain the success of mobile money markets. Namely, we argue that there exists a set of Goldilocks conditions that best supports mobile money services. A population must have exposure to financial services to understand mobile money and have a high […]
The Effects of SCHIP Expansions on Family Structure
by Jeffrey K. Lee Abstract This paper assesses whether the enactment of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997, which significantly expanded child health care coverage, affected the probability of marriage for mothers in the United States. Using March CPS data from 1998-2003, I estimate the effect of a variant of state health […]
