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Economics of civil conflict : evidence from the Punjab insurgency
Prakarsh Singh - 2016
The Punjab Insurgency in India (1978-1993) took the lives of over 20,000 people. Yet, there has been little research on … the economic causes and consequences of the conflict in Punjab, which has been classified as a civil war and also an … insurgency. In this article, I delve into some of the reasons for why Punjab suffered such a prolonged and bloody insurgency …
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Behavior change for early childhood nutrition : effectiveness of health worker training depends on maternal information in a randomized control trial
Prakarsh Singh; Masters, William Alan - 2016
providing mothers information to improve nutrition of preschool children aged 2-6 in rural India. Salaried caregivers are …
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Who are the microenterprise owners? : evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
De Mel, Suresh (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2008
Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of larger firms. We use a rich set of measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719625
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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
Mel, Suresh de (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2008
In a recent randomized experiment we found mean returns to capital of between 5 and 6 percent per month in Sri Lankan microenterprises, much higher than market interest rates. But returns were found to be much higher among men than among women, and indeed were not different from zero for women....
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Returns to capital in microenterprises : evidence from a field experiment
De Mel, Suresh (contributor); McKenzie, David J. (contributor) - 2007
Small and informal firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. The rapid expansion of microfinance services is based on the belief that these firms have productive investment opportunities and can enjoy high returns to capital if given the opportunity. However,...
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The impact of population aging on the labor market : the case of Sri Lanka
Vodopivec, Milan (contributor);  … - 2008
Sri Lanka's population is predicted to age very fast during the next 50 years, bringing a slowdown of labor force growth and after 2030 its contraction. Based on an original, 2006 representative survey of old people in Sri Lanka conducted as a part of this study, the paper examines labor market...
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Risk management among the poor : the case of microfinancial services
Arun, Thankom; Bendig, Mirko - 2010
This paper argues that the level of financial services provision determines the risk management strategies among the poor. The paper estimates the determinants of the household's use of one, two or all three types of microfinancial services applying ordered probit models and additionally probit...
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The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012
The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs had no impact on...
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Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics : experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012
We conduct a randomized experiment in Sri Lanka to measure the impact of the most commonly used business training course in developing countries, the Start-and-Improve Your Business (SIYB) program. In contrast to existing business training evaluations which are restricted to microfinance...
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The formation of migrant networks
Comola, Margherita; Mendola, Mariapia - 2014
This paper provides the first direct evidence on the determinants of link formation among immigrants in the host society. We use a purposely-designed survey on a representative sample of Sri Lankan immigrants living in Milan to study how migrants form social links among them and the extent to...
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