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Measuring employment : experimental evidence from urban Ghana

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Using a randomized survey experiment in urban Ghana, this paper demonstrates that the length of the reference period and the interview modality (in person or over the phone) affect how people respond in labor surveys, with impacts varying markedly by job type. Survey participants report...

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The medium-term impact of entrepreneurship education on labor market outcomes : experimental evidence from university graduates in Tunisia

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Self-employment and migration

Barbosa, Marcelo Ponte; Costa, Leandro Oliveira - 2019

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Economic and social impacts of self-help groups in India

Deininger, Klaus - 2009

forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local level is virtually non … social impacts of the formation of self-help groups in India. They find positive impacts on empowerment and nutritional … as non-participants. Female social and economic empowerment in program areas increased irrespective of participation …

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Longer-term economic impacts of self-help groups in India

Deininger, Klaus W.; Liu, Yanyan - 2009

"Despite the popularity and unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence of their economic impacts is scant. Based on two rounds of a 2,400 household panel, the authors use double differences, propensity score matching, and pipeline comparison to assess economic impacts of longer...