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Childhood housing and adult earnings : a between-siblings analysis of housing vouchers and public housing
Andersson, Fredrik; Haltiwanger, John C.; Kutzbach, Mark J. - 2016
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Long run effects of youth training programs : experimental evidence from Argentina
Alzúa, María Laura; Cruces, Guillermo; López, Carolina - 2016
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453985
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Cash transfers as a response to COVID-19 : a randomized experiment in Kenya
Brooks, Wyatt; Donovan, Kevin; Johnson, Terence; … - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433415
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The Impact of Microcredit on Women-owned Small and Medium Enterprises : Evidence from Kenya
Osa Ouma, Clemencia - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064291
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Kids or courses? : gender differences in the effects of active labor market policies
Lechner, Michael; Wiehler, Stephan - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003465255
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Good practices in the promotion of female entrepreneurship : examples from Europe and other OECD countries
Sheikh, Sonja (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003473072
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Kids or courses? : gender differences in the effects of active labour market policies
Lechner, Michael; Wiehler, Stephan - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003473615
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Evaluating actions and measures promoting female entrepreneurship : a guide
Sheikh, Sonja; Steiber, Nadia - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608077
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Kids or courses? : Gender differences in the effects of active labor market policies
Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wiehler, Stephan (contributor) - 2007
may explain why other similar studies found such programs to be more effective for women than for men. In particular for … younger women a key effect of the programs is to reduce or postpone pregnancies and to increase the attachment to the labor …
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