This paper proposes an estimator for the endogenous switching regression models with fixed effects. The estimator allows for endogenous selection and for conditional heteroscedasticity in the outcome equation. Applying the estimator to a dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially...

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards this end. However, the evidence on the impact of such...

Die ländlichen Regionen Chinas sind im Vergleich zu den städtischen Regionen deutlich weniger entwickelt. Das ländliche Finanzsystem hat in den zurückliegenden Dekaden seine Funktionen nur unzureichend erfüllt. Um die Entwicklung der ländlichen Regionen zu fördern, wurden 1994 seitens der...