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Caste-Based Discrimination, Microfinance Credit Scores, and Microfinance Loan Approvals Among Females in India
Villanova University, PA, United States.
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0401-033X
Luleå University of Technology, Sweden; University of Vaasa, School of Management, Vaasa, Finland.
2022 (English)In: Business & society, ISSN 0007-6503, E-ISSN 1552-4205, Vol. 61, no 2, p. 372-388Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We draw on the phenomenon of caste-based discrimination in India and signaling theory to assess whether microfinance credit scores improve the odds of female micropreneurs from a lower caste receiving loans and whether visible business characteristics further improve the odds of receiving microfinance loans. In a sample of 3,144 female microfinance loan applicants at a female-focused microloan enterprise in India, females from a lower caste, relative to those from a higher caste, have lower odds of receiving loans when their credit scores are below the mean. However, when females from a lower caste have credit scores higher than the mean, the odds of receiving a loan increase. The practical effect of size is small but meaningful. Loan applicants from a lower caste with a visible signal of business ability do not improve their chances of receiving a loan relative to those from a higher caste.

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Sage Publications, 2022. Vol. 61, no 2, p. 372-388
Keywords [en]
adverse selection, caste, credit score, microfinance
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-51492DOI: 10.1177/0007650320982609ISI: 000609090000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85098250682Local ID: ;intsam;1517451OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-51492DiVA, id: diva2:1517451
Available from: 2021-01-14 Created: 2021-01-14 Last updated: 2022-04-09Bibliographically approved

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