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Working Papers
2020
- Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (11)
2019
- Gender Wage Gaps and Worker Mobility: Evidence from the Garment Sector in Bangladesh
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (12)
- Micro-Equity for Microenterprises
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019)
2018
- Can Mobile-Linked Bank Accounts Bolster Savings? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sri Lanka
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (5)
- Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
- Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
2016
- Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (22)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (27) Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015) View citations (27) Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2016) View citations (22)
- Identifying gazelles: expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2017) View citations (29) (2017)
- Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2016) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (35) (2019)
2015
- Challenges of Change: An Experiment Training Women to Manage in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS), University of Warwick, Department of Economics View citations (11)
Also in Economic Research Papers, University of Warwick - Department of Economics (2015) View citations (11)
- The market for training services: a demand experiment with Bangladeshi garment factories
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
See also Journal Article The Market for Training Services: A Demand Experiment with Bangladeshi Garment Factories, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
- What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (6)
Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2014) View citations (14) Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2014) View citations (14) NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (18)
See also Journal Article What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2019) View citations (20) (2019)
2014
- Supervisory Management and Productivity Dispersion in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
2013
- What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (78)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (74) IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (76)
See also Journal Article What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2014) View citations (197) (2014)
2012
- Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (34)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (29)
See also Journal Article Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (116) (2014)
- Business Training for New and Existing Female-Owned Firms in Sri Lanka
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
- Do Informal Firms Want to Formalize and Does It Help Them If They Do?
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
- Long Term Impacts of One Off Grants to Microenterprises
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)
- The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (35)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (34) Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2012) View citations (28)
See also Journal Article The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (125) (2013)
2011
- Capital, Gender, and Microenterprise Growth in Ghana
World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
- When is capital enough to get female enterprises growing ? evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (49)
- When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (112)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (105) CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (114)
2010
- Enterprise recovery following natural disasters
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
See also Journal Article Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2012) View citations (67) (2012)
- Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (28) (2012)
2009
- Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (64)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2009) View citations (50)
- Remittances and banking sector breadth and depth: evidence from Mexico
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Remittances and banking sector breadth and depth: Evidence from Mexico, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (88) (2011)
2008
- Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (18)
See also Journal Article Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (182) (2009)
- Mexican-American Entrepreneurship
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2008) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Mexican-American Entrepreneurship, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2010) View citations (10) (2010)
- Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (44)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2008) View citations (27)
2007
- Measuring microenterprise profits: don't ask how the sausage is made
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
- Mexican Microenterprise Investment and Employment: The Role of Remittances
IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)
Also in INTAL Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, INTAL (2007) View citations (12)
- Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2007) View citations (40)
See also Journal Article Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
2006
- Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (5)
See also Chapter Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (9) (2007)
2004
- The quality of the legal system, firm ownership, andfirm size
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)
See also Journal Article The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership, and Firm Size, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2007) View citations (119) (2007)
2003
- Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism
Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (20)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (16)
See also Journal Article Why do firms hide? Bribes and unofficial activity after communism, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2000) View citations (237) (2000)
2002
- Property Rights and Finance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (462)
See also Journal Article Property Rights and Finance, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2002) View citations (436) (2002)
2001
- Courts and Relational Contracts
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
1999
- Contract Enforcement in Transition
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (53)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (1999) View citations (51)
- Property Rights, Finance, and Entrepreneurship
CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (34)
1998
- Inter-Firm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (9)
Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (1998) View citations (30)
See also Journal Article Interfirm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (1999) View citations (418) (1999)
1996
- Trust and Search in Vietnam's Emerging Private Sector
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (7)
1995
- Formal Measures of the Informal Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru
Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (40)
See also Journal Article Formal Measures of the Informal-Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (1997) View citations (120) (1997)
Journal Articles
2019
- Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 202-35 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (11) (2016)
- What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
The Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86, (6), 2491-2529 View citations (20)
See also Working Paper What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka, Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (6) (2015)
2017
- Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential
The World Bank Economic Review, 2017, 31, (3), 670-686 View citations (29)
See also Working Paper Identifying gazelles: expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (14) (2016)
2015
- The Market for Training Services: A Demand Experiment with Bangladeshi Garment Factories
American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 300-304 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper The market for training services: a demand experiment with Bangladeshi garment factories, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
2014
- Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106, (C), 199-210 View citations (116)
See also Working Paper Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (34) (2012)
- Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 106, (C), 211-226 View citations (151)
- What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
The World Bank Research Observer, 2014, 29, (1), 48-82 View citations (197)
See also Working Paper What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?, CEPR Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (78) (2013)
2013
- Deposit Collecting: Unbundling the Role of Frequency, Salience, and Habit Formation in Generating Savings
American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 387-92 View citations (10)
- The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5, (2), 122-50 View citations (125)
See also Working Paper The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (35) (2012)
2012
- Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters
Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (559), 64-91 View citations (67)
See also Working Paper Enterprise recovery following natural disasters, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
- Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 98, (1), 51-57 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels, CSAE Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (6) (2010)
2011
- Remittances and banking sector breadth and depth: Evidence from Mexico
Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95, (2), 229-241 View citations (88)
See also Working Paper Remittances and banking sector breadth and depth: evidence from Mexico, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
2010
- Mexican-American Entrepreneurship
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 44 View citations (10)
See also Working Paper Mexican-American Entrepreneurship, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (1) (2008)
- Wage Subsidies for Microenterprises
American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (2), 614-18 View citations (23)
2009
- Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 1-32 View citations (182)
See also Working Paper Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (15) (2008)
- Measuring microenterprise profits: Must we ask how the sausage is made?
Journal of Development Economics, 2009, 88, (1), 19-31 View citations (219)
- Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (1), 423-423 View citations (4)
Also in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008, 123, (4), 1329-1372 (2008) View citations (602)
See also Working Paper Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (19) (2007)
2008
- Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico
The World Bank Economic Review, 2008, 22, (3), 457-482 View citations (172)
- Mental health recovery and economic recovery after the tsunami: High-frequency longitudinal evidence from Sri Lankan small business owners
Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66, (3), 582-595 View citations (13)
- The Impact of Short-Term Credit on Microenterprises: Evidence from the Fincomun-Bimbo Program in Mexico
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2008, 56, (4), 829-849 View citations (18)
2007
- Migration networks and microenterprises in Mexico
Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 82, (2), 509-528 View citations (333)
- The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership, and Firm Size
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2007, 89, (4), 601-614 View citations (119)
See also Working Paper The quality of the legal system, firm ownership, andfirm size, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2004) View citations (9) (2004)
2006
- Do Entry Costs Provide an Empirical Basis for Poverty Traps? Evidence from Mexican Microenterprises
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 55, (1), 3-42 View citations (166)
2004
- Symposium on Transition in Vietnam
The Economics of Transition, 2004, 12, (2), 193-199 View citations (1)
2002
- Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Schooling: The Case of Mexico
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002, 50, (2), 249-67 View citations (39)
- Non-contractible investments and vertical integration in the Mexican footwear industry
International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2002, 20, (8), 1197-1224 View citations (56)
- Property Rights and Finance
American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (5), 1335-1356 View citations (436)
See also Working Paper Property Rights and Finance, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (462) (2002)
- The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 153-170 View citations (286)
2001
- Review of de Soto's The Mystery of Capital
Journal of Economic Literature, 2001, 39, (4), 1215-1223 View citations (19)
2000
- Entrepreneurs and the Ordering of Institutional Reform: Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Compared
The Economics of Transition, 2000, 8, (1), 1-36 View citations (96)
- Why do firms hide? Bribes and unofficial activity after communism
Journal of Public Economics, 2000, 76, (3), 495-520 View citations (237)
See also Working Paper Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism, Public Economics (2003) View citations (20) (2003)
1999
- Dispute Prevention without Courts in Vietnam
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1999, 15, (3), 637-58 View citations (110)
- Inflation Stabilization and the Vanishing Size-Wage Effect
ILR Review, 1999, 53, (1), 103-122 View citations (2)
- Interfirm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114, (4), 1285-1320 View citations (418)
See also Working Paper Inter-Firm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam, CEPR Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (9) (1998)
1998
- Contract enforcement and trade liberalization in Mexico's footwear industry
World Development, 1998, 26, (6), 979-991 View citations (36)
1997
- Formal Measures of the Informal-Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1997, 45, (2), 367-92 View citations (120)
See also Working Paper Formal Measures of the Informal Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru, Boston College Working Papers in Economics (1995) View citations (40) (1995)
1994
- Domestic Politics, Foreign Interests, and International Trade Policy: Comment
American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (5), 1474-75 View citations (3)
Chapters
2010
- Who are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman versus De Soto
A chapter in International Differences in Entrepreneurship, 2010, pp 63-87 View citations (78)
2007
- Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
A chapter in Mexican Immigration to the United States, 2007, pp 123-158 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
2006
- Measuring Institutions
Chapter 3 in International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, 2006 View citations (6)
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