Returns to capital in micro enterprises : evidence from a field experiment (English)

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Returns to capital in micro enterprises : evidence from a field experiment, conducted in 2007 in Sri Lanka. The study observed the impact of providing grants in the form of cash and equipment to generate shocks to capital stock for a set of Sri Lankan microenterprises on the firm level. The average real return to capital was 4.6 to 5.3 percent per month, substantially...

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Mckenzie,David J.;

Woodruff,Christopher Marshall;

De Mel,Suresh;
Document Date
2013/08/14
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
81454
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Sri Lanka,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/10/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Returns to capital in micro enterprises : evidence from a field experiment
Keywords
access to asset

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Mckenzie,David J.; Woodruff,Christopher Marshall; De Mel,Suresh.

Returns to capital in micro enterprises : evidence from a field experiment (English). enGender Impact : the World Bank's Gender Impact Evaluation Database Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/368161468102538757

Returns to capital in micro enterprises : evidence from a field experiment (English)

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