The Effect of Personalized Feedback on Small Enterprises’ Finances in Uganda

Antonia Grohmann, Lukas Menkhoff and Helke Seitz

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2020, vol. 70, issue 3, 1197-1227

Abstract: This randomized controlled trial examines the effect of a new finance training style during which participants are given personalized feedback on their financial business outcomes in addition to a rule-of-thumb training approach. We compare this with the effects of a rule-of-thumb training by itself and a control group. Targeting about 500 small entrepreneurs in Uganda, we find that the personalized feedback training significantly improves outcomes at the 6-month horizon. The index of primary outcomes increases by 0.258 SD units, and overall savings improve by 0.257 SD units. Survey results suggest that feedback partly works by increasing motivation, in line with feedback intervention theory.

Keywords: Financial Training; Feedback; Small Business Growth; Economic Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 L26 O12 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Journal Article: The Effect of Personalized Feedback on Small Enterprises’ Finances in Uganda (2022)
Working Paper: The Effect of Personalized Feedback on Small Enterprises’ Finances in Uganda (2019)
Working Paper: The Effect of Personalized Feedback on Small Enterprises’ Finances in Uganda (2019)
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