Soap operas and pro-savings attitudes in poor rural areas of Peru.
Year | : | 2023 |
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Author/s | : | Alberto Chong, Martin Valdivia |
Area/s | : | Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Poverty and equality |
Chong, A. y Valdivia, M. (2023). Soap operas and pro-savings attitudes in poor rural areas of Peru. Working Paper, 23-14. Atlanta: International Center for Public Policy.
We wrote, produced, and implemented a randomized intervention of a five-episode soap opera focusing on attitudes related to trust and savings. It was shown to females living in poor and violence-scarred rural areas and who received the national conditional cash transfer. We find that one year after the intervention treated females significantly improve their attitudes towards savings, especially as a precautionary motive, which is consistent with the intended message of the intervention.