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Family ceremonies as a constraint on informal sector investment : the case of Sénégal
Bennett, John; Levy, Stephanie - 2018
We analyze how intermittent large expenditures on family ceremonies may affect an entrepreneur's investment decision in an informal enterprise. Our hypothesis is that the barrier between family and enterprise is thin and permeable. We test this hypothesis using a survey from Sénégal that...
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Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households’ and entrepreneurs’ social networks and business performance. We address two related questions. One first question asks if we can find evidence of a differentiated effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122211
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Household entrepreneurship and social networks:panel data evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe - DIAL - 2014
(english) Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households’ and entrepreneurs’ social networks and business performance. We address two related questions. One first question asks if we can find evidence of a differentiated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103529
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Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - 2017
Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households' and entrepreneurs' social networks and business performance. We address two related questions. One first question asks if we can find evidence of a differentiated effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653210
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Household entrepreneurship and social networks : panel data evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen Huu Chi; Nordman, Christophe J. - 2017
Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households' and entrepreneurs' social networks and business performance. We address two related questions. One first question asks if we can find evidence of a differentiated effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596173
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The trade-offs of social assistance programs in the labor market: The case of the “Seguro Popular” program in Mexico
Bosch, Mariano; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - Centro de Estudios Económicos, Colegio de México - 2010
In 2002, the Mexican government began a tremendous financial effort to provide health insurance, Seguro Popular (SP), to the 50 million uninsured in Mexico. In doing so, the states and municipalities offered virtually free health insurance to uncovered self-employed and informal salaried workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008783552
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A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms
Andrade, Gustavo Henrique de; Bruhn, Miriam; McKenzie, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many governments have spent much of the past decade trying to extend a helping hand to informal businesses by making it easier and cheaper for them to formalize. Much less effort has been devoted to raising the costs of remaining informal, through increasing enforcement of existing regulations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960119
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Informalidade e desempenho econômico: Um análise dos impactors micro e macroeconômicos de políticas para a formalização
Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2013
of formalization policies. I estimate the model and use it analyze the two main policy approaches towards informality …: increasing the costs of informality (the stick), and reducing the costs of formality (the carrot). The results show that there … welfare effects. Under either approach, informality reductions are not necessarily associated to welfare gains. …
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The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
de Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs had no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279344
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The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2012
The majority of firms in most developing countries are informal. We conducted a field experiment in Sri Lanka which provided incentives for informal firms to formalize. Offering only information about the registration process and reimbursement for direct registration costs had no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282470