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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Martínez A., Claudia
• Puentes, Esteban
• Ruiz-Tagle, Jaime

Titel

The effects of micro-entrepreneurship programs on labor market performance: Experimental evidence from Chile

Ist Teil von

• American economic journal. Applied economics, 2018-04, Vol.10 (2), p.101-124

Ort / Verlag

American Economic Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We investigate the impact of a program providing asset transfers and business training to low income individuals in Chile, and asked whether a larger asset transfer would magnify the program’s impact. We randomly assigned participation in a large scale, publicly run micro-entrepreneurship program and evaluated its effects over 45 months. The program improved business practices, employment, and labor income. In the short run, self-employment increased by 14.8/25.2 percentage points for a small/large asset transfer. In the long run, individuals assigned to a smaller transfer were 9 percentage points more likely to become wage workers, whereas those assigned to larger transfers tended to remain self-employed.