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Overcoming the limits of institutional reform in Uganda

Andrews, Matt; Bategeka, Lawrence - 2013

This paper begins by noting that Uganda has been a public sector reform leader in Africa. It has pursued reforms …' in Africa (and beyond). The problem is that many of the reforms have been limited to these kinds of gains - producing new …

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Historical origins of persistent inequality in Nigeria

Archibong, Belinda - 2016

Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...

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Compliance rates with local and national business taxes: Evidence from Kampala, Uganda

Vincent, Rose Camille; Dietrich, Stephan; McNabb, Kyle - 2023

This paper investigates business tax compliance in a multilevel tax structure with limited coordination. We study the case of Kampala, where firms are taxed at national and local levels-by the Uganda Revenue Authority and the Kampala Capital City Authority, respectively-and where the agencies...

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Urban development transitions and their implications for poverty reduction and policy planning in Uganda

Mukwaya, Paul Isolo; Sengendo, Hannington; Lwasa, Shuaib - 2010

Urbanization is one of the critical global trends shaping the future of humanity. At the same time, it has been argued that full development requires an urbanized environment. This paper attempts to examine and characterize the major phases of urbanization in Uganda and what this means for urban...

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The Productivity Advantage of Serial Entrepreneurs

Shaw, Kathryn L. - 2017

Serial entrepreneurs, who open more than one business, are found to have higher sales and higher productivity than novice entrepreneurs, who open one business. Using panel data on entrepreneurs and their firms from Denmark for 2001-2013, the serial entrepreneur has 67% higher sales than the...

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Selection into Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Levine, Ross - 2018

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts—and the data confirm—that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …

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The Causal Link between Relative Age Effect and Entrepreneurship : Evidence from 17 Million Users Across 49 Years on Taobao

Wang, Youwei - 2018

We use an extensive panel of 17 million individuals born between 1947 and 1995 from China's largest online marketplace, Taobao, to study the impact of RAE on the propensity to become an entrepreneur. Using events surrounding the Cultural Revolution and the issuance of the Compulsory Education...

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Does Mandating Social Insurance Affect Entrepreneurial Activity?

Benzarti, Youssef - 2019

This paper estimates the effect of relaxing the social insurance mandate on entrepreneurial activity. We use a unique discontinuity in Finland that allows certain entrepreneurs not to pay social insurance contributions on their income. Using rich administrative data, we find that relaxing the...

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Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-Tech Sector

Brown, J. David - 2019

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...

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Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs : A Review of Recent Literature

Kerr, Sari Pekkala - 2017

entrepreneurial behavior considered: entry into entrepreneurship, performance outcomes, and exit from entrepreneurship. This … literature shows common results and many points of disagreement, reflective of the heterogeneous nature of entrepreneurship. We …

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