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Credit, Labor Informality and Firm Performance in Colombia
Galindo, Arturo José; Caro, Lorena; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
informality. The results suggest that a 10 percent increase in the ratio of credit to sectoral output increases labor formality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943819
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Public Support to Innovation: The Colombian COLCIENCIAS' Experience
Crespi, Gustavo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
unobservable difference with the control group, COLCIENCIAS programs have been very effective in increasing firm labor productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652721
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Second-tier Government Banks and Firm Performance: Micro-Evidence from Colombia
Maffioli, Alessandro; Eslava, Marcela; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by analyzing the impact of the lending activity of Bancoldex, the Colombian second-tier development bank,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421326
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Partial Credit Guarantees and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Colombian National Guarantee Fund
Stucchi, Rodolfo; Arráiz, Irani; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
by the NGF are able to grow in terms of both output and employment. However, we did not find any effect on productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943660
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Middle-Class Entrepreneurs and Social Mobility through Entrepreneurship in Colombia
Mejia, Paula; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
entrepreneurs are characterized by low productivity. Consequently, policies to increase social mobility seem to hold greater promise … for promoting higher productivity and welfare than policies encouraging entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944307
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Second-tier Government Banks and Firm Performance: Micro-Evidence from Colombia
Eslava, Marcela; Maffioli, Alessandro; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by analyzing the impact of the lending activity of Bancoldex, the Colombian second-tier development bank,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654766