Risk behaviour and group formation in microcredit groups in Eritrea

We conducted a survey in 2001 among members and group leaders of borrowers who
accessed loans from two microcredit programs in Eritrea. Using the results from this survey,
this paper aims to provide new insights into the empirical relevance of the homogeneous
matching hypothesis for microcredit groups in Eritrea. Since the methodology to test for
homogeneous matching needs estimating risk behaviour, the paper also provides new evidence
on risk behaviour of members of microcredit groups in Eritrea. Our main results strongly
indicate that groups are formed heterogeneously. Most importantly, we do not find support for
the matching frictions hypothesis, in the sense that even if we control for matching frictions,
credit groups in Eritrea do not seem to consist of borrowers of the similar risk type.

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