Do traditional institutions constrain female entrepreneurship? A field experiment on business training in India

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-129

  Field, Erica ^a   Jayachandran, Seema ^b   Pande, Rohini ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956122498     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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