While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …

estimation, the paper estimates a growth model using the difference in the log of GDPC between periods t and t+1. Buttressed by … sufficient empirical evidence, the paper's findings corroborate that the Arab Spring had been negatively associated with growth …

This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal firm-level data, we show … informal competition have worse expectations on future sales growth, which in turn are associated with a lower probability of … in firms' access to finance. …

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD countries between 1986 … capital on economic growth. And second, the contribution of immigrants to human capital accumulation tends to dominate the …

.S. employers to estimate the effects of financial access on employment growth. Our methods combine regressions with matching on … constraints impede small business growth prior to loan receipt. We also investigate the variation in estimated employment effects …

remittances and growth has not been adequately studied. This paper studies one of the links between remittances and growth, in …-constructed dataset for remittances covering about 100 developing countries, we find that remittances boost growth in countries with less … developed financial systems by providing an alternative way to finance investment and helping overcome liquidity constraints …

, available elsewhere in the US, are sparse on the reservations. Small businesses are potent drivers of US economic growth. Some … growth and poverty reduction. Our study tests the effects of the Lakota Fund (LF), a small business development initiative …

financial sector. -- Female entrepreneurship ; state sector ; informal finance …