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We study the effect of a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program included life-skills and vocational training, as well as internships with private sector employers. Participants were allocated by means of a public lottery. We rely on administrative data on...
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Well meaning employment regulation often backfires. When the law makes it risky for employers to hire, they may do less of it. The current employment situation for Millennials - with its curious emphasis on unpaid internships as a prelude to actual employment may be in part a response to the...
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We deliver one month's average profit to a randomly selected group of female microenterprise owners in the Kenyan slum of Dandora, just preceding with the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases. Firm profit, inventory spending, and food expenditures all increase. The transfers simultaneously cause...
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Microcredit is a crucial tool for economic empowerment of women. In Kenya, the microcredit industry has supported more … than 3 million small and medium enterprises for close to 30 years. Kenya Women Finance Trust is a leading microcredit … effects on the growth of women-owned enterprises. In addition, Kenya Women Finance Trust's lending policies were not …
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