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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 rise of the East and the Far East: German labor markets and trade integration
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Suedekum, Jens - 2012
We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and the East - China and Eastern Europe - in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283967
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Is the Chinese growth miracle built to last?
Prasad, Eswar S. - 2007
, especially those related to having an open capital account, do not loom large in the case of China. In the process of securing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268159
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China's higher education expansion and its labor market consequences
Li, Shi; Xing, Chunbing - 2010
Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China's higher education expansion commenced in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269776
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Can educational expansion improve income inequality in China? Evidences from the CHNS 1997 and 2006 data
Ning, Guangjie - 2010
Rapid education expansion and rising income inequality are two striking phenomena occurring in China during the … transitional period. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data collected in 1997 and 2006, this paper studies how … effect. In explaining the earning gap in China, the price effect is more important than the population effect. The labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274660
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Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on sex ratio imbalance in China: Identification based on the difference-in-differences
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2010
In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285513
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Innovative firms or innovative owners? Determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330094
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333319
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Returns to capital in microenterprises: evidence from a field experiment
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268209
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Who are the microenterprise owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 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/10010268591