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We study two interventions for underemployed youth across five Ethiopian sites: a $300 grant to spur self-employment, and a job offer to an industrial firm. Despite significant impacts on occupational choice, income, and health in the first year, after five years we see nearly complete...
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entry-level applicants to one of three treatment arms: an industrial job offer; a control group; or an “entrepreneurship … for better work. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurship program stimulated self-employment, raised earnings by 33%, provided …
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Ethnic Chinese networks, as proxied by the product of ethnic Chinese population shares, are found in 1980 and 1990 to have increased bilateral trade both within Southeast Asia and for other country pairs. Their effects within Southeast Asia are much greater for differentiated than for...
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entrepreneurship, and use it for comparative statics and welfare analysis. One welfare conclusion is that intermediaries may have …
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soliciting the current client in the event of termination of employment. The socially optimal level of entrepreneurship will … are too restrictive and produce too little entrepreneurship, and governments can increase welfare by limiting enforcement …
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