Childcare subsidies are typically advocated as a means to making paid employmentprofitable for mothers, but also have important ramifications for the use and quality ofpaid childcare. Even if one is concerned primarily with the quantity aspect, the qualitydimension cannot be ignored. This paper...

The literature on enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa provides evidence that there are significant differences between companies run by members of the majority population and those run by members of minorities. Differences are frequently related to size, age, and certain success indicators....