Emma Riley

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan. Development economist, studying female entrepreneurship and digital financial services.

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@olgakhazan I tried calling the IRS so many times and couldn’t even get to hold, I was automatically hung up on. I finally got through to hold and to a person (after 2 hours!) by calling on a Thursday 8pm EST (I have a seattle number so the automated line only lets me call west coast hours).

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@GCER_Georgetown @dmckenzie001 Congratulations!

[J-PAL Africa @JPAL_Africa]

📢 Happening today: How can behavioral strategies boost women’s financial empowerment?

@EmmaRiley19 (@UMich ) and @chitsidzo (@womensworldbnkg) will share evidence from randomized evaluations in Tanzania and Ghana.

🕑 1:00–2:15 PM GMT
📍 Register: https://t.co/f1nmqr8mAv

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@danilaserra_eco Congratulations!!🙌

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@cblatts @MeganTStevenson I would also be interested in the tutorial if you wouldn’t mind sharing it please.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 When do cash transfers empower women?

Today on VoxDev, @mahreenmahmud (@UofEBusiness), @kateorkin (@BlavatnikSchool) & @EmmaRiley19 (@umichECON) discuss how an aspirations workshop paired with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women: https://t.co/cLoTIMv9qG

[Econ That Matters @econthatmatters]

Next up in our interview series is a conversation with @EmmaRiley19 ! She talks about her research on financial inclusion and women's empowerment, tips on conducting field work in development econ and much more! Check it out: #EconTwitter #ETRM
https://t.co/qm9oyPHdhi

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Incentives versus endorsement: How to boost digital banking adoption and savings

Today on VoxDev, @EmmaRiley19 (@umichECON), @Abu_Shonchoy (@FIU) & @RdoseiOsei (@UnivofGh) discuss how peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake in Ghana: https://t.co/wdM41o1UqM

[Mahreen Mahmud @mahreenmahmud]

Excited to share work with @kateorkin @EmmaRiley19 in rural Kenya. We show that adding an aspiration-boosting workshop to cash transfers increased women’s control over resources & decreased intimate partner violence as compared to cash transfers alone.

https://t.co/f3M1PlGu3w

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Researchers in Ghana explored how to encourage mobile banking use in rural microfinance groups. Results showed that having a group leader endorse the new technology & offering small incentives boosted adoption and savings. Read about the impact evaluation conducted by @Abu_Shonchoy, @EmmaRiley19 & Robert Osei with IPA Ghana and @OISLGhana. https://t.co/GDHp4iE5bR

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

How can mobile banking adoption grow in rural areas? An IPA study in Ghana found that combining small incentives and having a group leader endorse & support the new technology doubled adoption rates and increased savings by 30% after six months. https://t.co/GDHp4iE5bR #DigitalFinance #MobileBanking

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@danilaserra_eco @TAMUECON @TatianaZarate Thank you so much for having me! I had a great time.

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@ash_craig Comparison tools and making it as easy to cancel a policy as to start one. I think the UK has a good model for this for making it easy to compare and switch electricity suppliers.

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

Excited to share a @vox_dev post on my new paper on digital financial services and women’s empowerment with @rachelmheath

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

🆕 Empowering women through digital financial services 🇹🇿

Today on VoxDev, @rachelmheath @UWecon & @EmmaRiley19 @umichECON outline the positive impacts of increasing women’s use of mobile money in Tanzania: https://t.co/QI0GfuaLG2

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@Val_Mueller_ASU I had dengue and only found out when I got back to the UK from Vietnam. I think it would have been better if I’d stayed in Vietnam! The UK doctors spent a week figuring out what I had then were like “oh you’re better now, don’t get it again.”

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@danilaserra_eco Noooo that’s insane!

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@econhist_allday Although that alone wouldn’t fix the fact that I apparently modified these papers from 2022 in 1985….

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

@econhist_allday I think something weird happened to Dropbox recently as a load of my files claim they were created in the 1800s!

[Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) @CEGA_UC]

📖 New #CEGAWorkingPaper 📖

Adding a trusted friend's endorsement to individual incentives can double the adoption of mobile banking in Ghana, find @EmmaRiley19, @Abu_Shonchoy & @RdoseiOsei.

How does this affect financial + digital inclusion? Learn more: https://t.co/zbwVuNEgHe

[Emma Riley @EmmaRiley19]

Delighted to see this out in print!

[The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) @restatjournal]

Seeing a movie containing a role model improved the exam performance of secondary school students in Uganda. In the March 2024 issue of REStat by Emma Riley @emmariley19. https://t.co/cMLuyJs6YP