Promoting Innovative Startups: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisia

Nadia Ali, Massimiliano Cali and Bob Rijkers

No 11117, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper evaluates Tunisia’s “Startup Act,” a policy initiative to foster innovative firms through a “start-up” label and a bundle of incentives, including reduced social security contributions, corporate tax exemptions, easier access to foreign exchange, and simplified customs procedures. Detailed data on the program’s selection process allow identifying marginal entrants and rejects, and hence limit selection on unobservables. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, the program is shown to increase survival and promote job creation. A back-of-the-envelope cost-benefit calculation suggests that the program is cost effective.

Date: 2025-05-08
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