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The impact of micro-credit on employment : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan
Kahn, Azhar; Rahman, Twyeafur; Wright, Robert E. - 2016
This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non-borrowers. Pipeline borrowers are included to...
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Social networks in the boardroom
Kramarz, Francis (contributor); Thesmar, David (contributor) - 2006
This paper provides empirical evidence consistent with the facts that (1) social networks may strongly affect board composition and (2) social networks may be detrimental to corporate governance. Our empirical investigation relies on a unique dataset on executives and outside directors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003274247
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The gender pay gap in the CEOs' labor market
Tani, Massimiliano; Valentine, Andrew; Sharpe, Kieran - 2022
We study the gender pay gap in the labor market for CEOs by analysing 1,174 outsider CEO successions over the past three decades across 18 countries. We find that male and female CEOs receive a similar compensation overall but this masks marked gender differences in the pay structure: namely,...
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Performance effects of appointing other firms' executive directors to corporate boards : an analysis of UK firms
Muravyev, Alexander; Talavera, Oleksandr; Weir, Charlie - 2014
This paper studies the effect on company performance of appointing non-executive directors that are also executive directors in other firms. The analysis is based on a new panel dataset of UK companies over 2002-2008. Our findings suggest a positive relationship between the presence of these...
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How do labor representatives affect incentive orientation of executive compensation?
Dyballa, Katharina; Kraft, Kornelius - 2016
Contrary to previous literature we hypothesize that labor's interest may well – like that of shareholders – aim at securing the long-run survival of the firm. Consequently, employee representatives on the supervisory board could well have an interest in increasing incentive-based...
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Do entrepreneurs matter?
Becker, Sascha O.; Hvide, Hans K. - 2013
In the large literature on firm performance, economists have given little attention to entrepreneurs. We use deaths of more than 500 entrepreneurs as a source of exogenous variation, and ask whether this variation can explain shifts in firm performance. Using longitudinal data, we find large and...
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Is rationing in the microfinance sector determined by the microfinance type? : evidence from Ghana
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - 2015
microfinance type based on the major factors determining micro, small and medium enterprises' access to credit from microfinance … institutions in the era of financial liberalization. The data for the study were gleaned from fourteen microfinance institutions … rationing is not influenced by the microfinance types but by the individual microfinance institutions. …
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Empowering the vulnerable to be entrepreneurs : an empirical test on the effectiveness of the Ghana microfinance policy 2006
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - 2016
The study aims at testing the Ghana Microfinance Policy set up to support the vulnerable through access to credit. We … entrepreneurs in the rationing behavior of the microfinance companies. This is what we should expect if the policy is effective. Our … results show that even after controlling for a large number of borrower characteristics, microfinance type and credit …
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Multidimensional targeting and evaluation : a general framework with an application to a poverty program in Bangladesh
Robano, Virginia; Smith, Stephen C. - 2013
Many poverty, safety net, training, and other social programs utilize multiple screening criteria to determine eligibility. We apply recent advances in multidimensional measurement analysis to develop a straightforward method for summarizing changes in groups of eligibility (screening)...
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Why do firms recruit internationally? : results from the IZA International Employer Survey 2000
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2001
The paper studies the demand for foreign graduates at the firm level. Using a unique dataset on recruitment policies of firms in four European countries, the determinants of demand for internationally mobile high-skilled employees are established. I investigate the number, origin, skills, and...
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