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Caste-Based Discrimination, Microfinance Credit Scores, and Microfinance Loan Approvals Among Females in India
Villanova University, PA, USA.
Jönköping International Business School, Sweden.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts, Business Administration and Industrial Engineering. University of Vaasa, School of Management, Vaasa, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3255-414X
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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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-82189DOI: 10.1177/0007650320982609ISI: 000609090000001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85098250682OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-82189DiVA, id: diva2:1514957
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Available from: 2021-01-07 Created: 2021-01-07 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved

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