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Start-up capital and women's entrepreneurship : evidence from Swaziland

Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry - 2016

This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better...

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Distribution and growth in an economy with limited needs

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...

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Sooner rather than later: social networks and technology adoption

Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Satish, Varun; Sulaiman, Munshi; … - 2021

Using data from a randomised experiment in Kenya, we estimate the causal effect of social networks on technology adoption. In this experiment, farmers were invited to information sessions about the use of Tissue Culture Banana (TCB), an in vitro banana cultivation technology. We find that an...

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Are intellectual property rights fair?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …

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A product market theory of worker training

Gersbach, Hans; Schmutzler, Armin - 2004 - revised: February 2004

We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in general human capital, then make wage offers for each others' trained employees and finally engage in imperfect product market...

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Dealer pricing of consumer credit

Bertola, Giuseppe; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Koeniger, Winfried - 2002

Interest rates on consumer lending are lower when funds are tied to purchase of a durable good than when they are made available on an unconditional basis. Further, dealers often choose to bear the financial cost of their customers' credit purchases. This paper interprets this phenomenon in...

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Distributional effects of competition: a simulation approach

Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos; Araar, Abdelkrim; … - 2021

Understanding the economic and social effects of the recent global trends of rising market concentration and market power has become a policy priority. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper introduces a simple simulation method, the Welfare and Competition tool (WELCOM), to estimate with...

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Inequality and market concentration, when shareholding is more skewed than consumption

Gans, Joshua; Leigh, Andrew; Schmalz, Martin C.; … - 2018

Economic theory suggests that monopoly prices hurt consumers but benefit shareholders. But in a world where individuals or households can be both consumers and shareholders, the impact of market power on inequality depends in part on the relative distribution of consumption and corporate equity...

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Time delay and investment decisions : evidence from an experiment in Tanzania

Nikolov, Plamen - 2019

Attitudes toward risk underlie virtually every important economic decision an individual makes. In this experimental study, I examine how introducing a time delay into the execution of an investment plan influences individuals' risk preferences. The field experiment proceeded in three stages: a...

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School feeding and learning achievement : evidence from India's midday meal program

Chakraborty, Tanika; Jayaraman, Rajshri - 2016

We study the effect of the world's largest school feeding program on children's learning outcomes. Staggered … that midday meals have a dramatic positive effect on learning achievement: children with up to 5 years of primary school … improvement including enrollment and nutrition-learning effects, heterogeneous responses by socio-economic status, complementary …

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