Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-210

  de Mel, Suresh ^a   McKenzie, David ^b   Woodruff, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business training; Female self employment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR SUPPLY; PROFITABILITY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TRAINING; WOMENS STATUS;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84886258485     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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