What Works in Supporting Women-Led Businesses?

D Ubfal - 2024 - econstor.eu
Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to
global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This …

[PDF][PDF] Training entrepreneurs

D McKenzie, C Woodruff, K Bjorvatn, M Bruhn, J Cai… - VoxDevLit, 2021 - voxdev.org
VoxDevLits are wiki-inspired literature reviews that aim to summarise the evidence base on
narrowly defined topics related to development economics. Each Lit is written by a …

[PDF][PDF] The economic impact of internet connectivity in developing countries

J Hjort, L Tian - 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Firms, workers, and consumers in developing countries are increasingly connected to each
other and the rest of the world through the internet. Can this connectivity transform poor …

[HTML][HTML] The design of technical requirements in public solar auctions: Evidence from India

FA Münch, A Marian - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar technology diffuses across the globe as countries transition from fossil to renewable
energy. Little solar-specific experience and capacity in newly adopting countries can result …

Distortion by audit: Evidence from public procurement

MP Gerardino, S Litschig, D Pomeranz - American Economic Journal …, 2024 - aeaweb.org
Public sector audits are key to state capacity. However, they can create unintended
distortions. Regression discontinuity analysis from Chile shows that audits lowered the use …

[PDF][PDF] Consumer search and firm location: Theory and evidence from the garment sector in Uganda

A Vitali - Work. Pap, 2022 - annavitali.com
This paper studies the role of consumer information frictions in driving firms' location choices
within cities. I develop a quantitative equilibrium model in which imperfectly informed …

Self-employment within the firm

V Bassi, JH Lee, A Peter, T Porzio, R Sen, E Tugume - 2023 - nber.org
We collect time-use data for entrepreneurs and their workers in over 1,000 manufacturing
firms in urban Uganda. We document limited labor specialization within the firm for …

Community networks and trade

J Boken, L Gadenne, TK Nandi, M Santamaria - 2022 - wrap.warwick.ac.uk
Do community networks shape firm-to-firm trade in emerging economies? We study the role
of communities in facilitating firm-to-firm trade and firm outcomes using data on firm-to-firm …

Public procurement and supplier job creation: Insights from auctions

S Srhoj, M Dragojević - The Journal of Law, Economics, and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Public procurement contracts (PPCs) of goods, services, and works are about one-tenth of
the global gross domestic product. Much research has been conducted on government …

The end of tourist traps: A natural experiment on the impact of Tripadvisor on quality upgrading

D Donati - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Asymmetric information can distort market outcomes. I study how the online disclosure of
information affects consumers' behavior and firms' incentives to upgrade product quality in …