Investigating the unobserved heterogeneity effect on outreach to women: lessons from microfinance institutions

DOI10.1007/S10479-023-05353-YOpenAlexW4367680069MaRDI QIDQ6179221

Anne Vanhems, Léopold Simar, H. Tchakoute Tchuigoua, F. S. Fall

Publication date: 5 September 2023

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05353-y

zbMATH Keywords

genderunobserved heterogeneitymicrofinancesocial efficiencyOR in developing countriesnonparametric robust frontier models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical economics (91Bxx) Applications of statistics (62Pxx) Nonparametric inference (62Gxx)

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