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The Impact of Tax Incentives on the Economic Activity of Entrepreneurs
Harju, Jarkko - 2012
Based on existing evidence, we know little about how the taxation of small business owners affects their economic activity. This paper studies the effect of two Finnish tax reforms, in 1997 and 1998, on the effort decisions of the owners of small businesses utilizing both theoretical model and...
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Hoping to Win, Expected to Lose : Theory and Lessons on Micro Enterprise Development
Karlan, Dean S. - 2014
catalyze adoption of investments and practices aimed towards enterprise growth. We find that entrepreneurs invest the cash, and …
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Business Literacy and Development : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Mexico
Calderon, Gabriela - 2013
free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn …, and more likely to be registered with the government. Indirect treatment effects on those entrepreneurs randomized out of … that "low-quality" entrepreneurs are the most likely to quit their business post-treatment, and that the positive impacts …
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Household Matters : Revisiting the Returns to Capital Among Female Micro-Entrepreneurs
Bernhardt, Arielle - 2020
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The Role of Nonemployers in Business Dynamism and Aggregate Productivity
Bento, Pedro - 2019
A decline in the net entry rate of employer firms in the United States in the last decades, a decline in business dynamism, may explain the observed productivity slowdown. We consider the role of nonemployers, businesses without paid employees, in business dynamism and aggregate productivity....
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Follow the Money : Methods for Identifying Consumption and Investment Responses to a Liquidity Shock
Karlan, Dean S. - 2014
Identifying the impacts of liquidity shocks on spending decisions is difficult methodologically but important for theory, practice, and policy. Using seven different methods on microenterprise loan applicants, we find striking results. Borrowers report uses of loan proceeds strategically, and...
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Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Jayachandran, Seema - 2022
This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in low-income countries. Major themes in the literature include the determinants and consequences of joining the formal sector; the impacts of access to credit and other financial...
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Labor Drops : Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
de Mel, Suresh - 2017
The majority of enterprises in developing countries have no paid workers. Is this optimal, or the result of frictions in labor markets? We conduct an experiment providing wage subsidies to randomly chosen microenterprises in Sri Lanka. In the presence of frictions, a short-term subsidy could...
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Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth
Comin, Diego A. - 2012
In the aftermath of World War II, the world's economies exhibited very different rates of economic recovery. We provide evidence that those countries that caught up the most with the U.S. in the postwar period are those that also saw an acceleration in the speed of adoption of new technologies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013115686
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What Explains Skill Upgrading in Less Developed Countries?
Pavcnik, Nina - 2021
Although many developing countries have experienced growing income inequality and an increase in the relative demand for skilled workers during the 1980s, the sources of this trend remain a puzzle. This paper examines whether investment and adoption of skill-biased technology have contributed to...
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