In this dissertation I present three papers, each as an individual chapter. The first two papers are in the field of development economics, while the third paper is in the field of education economics. The first two chapters document and study the disappearance of arranged marri…
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Each chapter of this dissertation studies a different question within the field of Applied Microeconomics. The first chapter examines the mid- and long-term effects of the 1998 Asian Crisis on the educational attainment of Indonesian children ages 6 to 18, at the time of the cri…
This dissertation presents a new way to study financial crises. The traditional approach uses macroeconomic statistics. While useful, this has serious limitations. By contrast, this dissertation reveals the personal story behind the big picture for one such case using a unique, …
We present three chapters on theoretical issues of banking. These deal with bank runs, risk sharing, lending and profitability. In the first chapter, we examine the agency problem in the bank-depositor relationship. Depositors are the principals and banks are the agents. Banks c…
This dissertation is about the analysis of household survey data from Indonesia. The Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) is mainly used to test theories about household behaviors. In particular, I focus on these issues with respect to savings and risk-sharing behaviors and their…
This dissertation consists of two essays on the economics of the household of the developing countries. I use data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey to analyze household allocation decisions and to investigate the underlying factor determining household decision. In Chapter …