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Pay gaps in the National Health Service: observability and disclosure

Mumford, Karen; Aguirre, Edith; Einarsdóttir, Anna; … - 2021

earnings, gender, LGB identity, coupling status, and the disclosure of sexual orientation in English National Health Service … to heterosexuals. The latter is due to similar-sized offsetting effects from disclosure on LGB pay relative to comparable … heterosexuals. Amongst LGB employees, disclosure is associated with 13% more pay, with three quarters of this gap related to …

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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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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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Diasporas and conflict

Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Verdier, Thierry - 2016

We build a model of conflict in which two groups contest a resource and must decide on the optimal allocation of labor between fighting and productive activities. In this setting, a diaspora emanating from one of the two groups can get actively involved in the conflict by transferring financial...

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

Mel, Suresh de; McKenzie, David J.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2009

Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...

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The making of a lost generation: child labor among Syrian refugees in Turkey

Dayıoğlu, Meltem; Kirdar, Murat G.; Koç, İsmet - 2021

Millions of children are forcibly displaced around the world, making child labor a serious risk. However, little is known about this topic due to the difficulty of finding representative datasets for this population and information on child labor. In this study, we use a representative dataset...

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