全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Mexico

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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19740
来源ID	Working Paper 19740
	Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Mexico
	Gabriela Calderon; Jesse M. Cunha; Giacomo De Giorgi
发表日期	2013-12-19
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	A large share of the poor in developing countries run small enterprises, often earning low incomes. This paper explores whether the poor performance of businesses can be explained by a lack of basic business skills. We randomized the offer of a free, 48-hour business skills course to female entrepreneurs in rural Mexico. We find that those assigned to treatment earn higher profits, have larger revenues, serve a greater number of clients, are more likely to use formal accounting techniques, and more likely to be registered with the government. Indirect treatment effects on those entrepreneurs randomized out of the program, yet living in treatment villages, are economically meaningful, yet imprecisely measured. We present a simple model of experience and learning that helps interpret our results, and consistent with the theoretical predictions, we find that "low-quality" entrepreneurs are the most likely to quit their business post-treatment, and that the positive impacts of the treatment are increasing in entrepreneurial quality.
主题	Econometrics ; Experimental Design ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Development and Growth ; Development
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19740
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577414
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gabriela Calderon,Jesse M. Cunha,Giacomo De Giorgi. Business Literacy and Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Mexico. 2013.