Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises (English)

The majority of enterprises in many developing countries have no paid workers. This paper reports on a field experiment conducted in Sri Lanka that provided wage subsidies to randomly chosen microenterprises to test whether hiring additional labor would benefit such firms. In the presence of labor market frictions, a short-term subsidy could have a lasting impact on firm employment. Using 12 rounds of surveys to track dynamics four years after the...

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De Mel,Suresh;

Mckenzie,David J.;

Woodruff,Christopher Marshall;
Document Date
2016/12/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7924
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2016/12/19
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Disclosed
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Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises
Keywords
Finance & Private Sector Development

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

Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises (English). Impact Evaluation series|Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7924 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635781482172997729

Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises (English)

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