Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan. Development economist, studying female entrepreneurship and digital financial services.
Joined October 2011
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Emma Riley retweeted
Mar 9
📢 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
đź“Ť Register: lnkd.in/dG65V5vX
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🆕 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: voxdev.org/topic/social-prot…
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Emma Riley retweeted
30 Jul 2025
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
econthatmatters.com/2025/07/…
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🆕 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: voxdev.org/topic/finance/inc…
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Emma Riley retweeted
7 Apr 2025
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.
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Emma Riley retweeted
19 Mar 2025
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. bit.ly/43AwV5E
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Emma Riley retweeted
12 Mar 2025
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. bit.ly/43AwV5E #DigitalFinance #MobileBanking
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13 Aug 2024
Excited to share a @vox_dev post on my new paper on digital financial services and women’s empowerment with @rachelmheath
🆕 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: voxdev.org/topic/finance/emp…
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Emma Riley retweeted
đź“– New #CEGAWorkingPaper đź“–
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: buff.ly/3w7eib4
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16 Apr 2024
Delighted to see this out in print!
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. zurl.co/FEoH
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22 Jan 2024
Delighted to share that my job market paper is forthcoming at the AER!
22 Jan 2024
Forthcoming in the AER: "Resisting Social Pressure in the Household Using Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence on Microenterprise Investment in Uganda" by Emma Riley. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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Digital financial services like mobile banking can be a powerful tool to ⬆️ financial inclusion, especially for those in rural areas. In Ghana, @EmmaRiley19 & @Abu_Shonchoy looked at the impacts of an info campaign on digital financial service uptake: j-p.al/79f
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Emma Riley retweeted
7 Nov 2023
Coping with Weather Disasters through International Migration: The Role of Search Frictions and International Migrant Demand: Guest post by Emir Murathanoğlu - the 2nd in our job market series involves typhoons blogs.worldbank.org/impactev…
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What are innovative ways to increase the use of mobile banking services in rural low-access areas? @EmmaRiley19 & @Abu_Shonchoy explored the impacts of a national information campaign on digital financial service uptake in Ghana: j-p.al/79f
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Can information campaigns encourage adoption of new digital financial services? In Ghana, J-PAL affiliates @EmmaRiley19 & @Abu_Shonchoy examined the impacts of pre-recorded phone calls & text reminders promoting mobile banking. Read more 👇 j-p.al/79f
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Emma Riley retweeted
7 Sep 2023
🚨 Less than one week to go! Join us for the #SDG Webinar on the transformative potential of digital financial inclusion in driving forward the SDGs with @poverty_action and @WorldBank. 🗓️ Tuesday, September 12th, 8 am-9 am EST. Register now ➡️ bit.ly/finclusion0912 💡
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Emma Riley retweeted
25 Aug 2023
📢 Save the date! Join @poverty_action , @wb_research and the Alliance for a discussion on the power of digital financial inclusion to advance the #SDGs
🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 12th
⏰ Time: 8am-9am EST
📌 REGISTER HERE ➡  bit.ly/finclusion0912
#GlobalGoals
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14 May 2023
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be joining the department of economics at the University of Michigan in the Fall! I’m really looking forward to being part of such a great group of economists! @umichECON
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14 May 2023
I’ll also miss my fantastic colleagues at the University of Washington. It’s been a really supportive department and I’ve made some great friends.
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