Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India

By Erica M. Field, S. Jayachandran, Rohini Pande. 2010

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies

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Does Gender Inequality Hinder Development and Economic Growth? Evidence and Policy Implications (2013, background): “A recent paper by Field et al. (2010) provides some microlevel evidence for the effect of social norms on returns to human capital.”
How does microfinance enhance entrepreneurial outcomes in emerging economies? The mediating mechanisms of psychological and social capital (2014, background): “Field et al. (2010) found positive income effects for female clients invited to a two-day training programme with an Indian microfinance institution.”
Keeping It Simple: Financial Literacy and Rules of Thumb (2014, unknown): “Field, Jayachandran, and Pande (2010) evaluate a two-day training program for clients of an Indian microfinance institution.”
Social Norms as a Barrier to Women’s Employment in Developing Countries (2020, background): “Field et al. (2010, 2016) compared a standard business training program offered to women to a variant in which the participant could name a female friend or family member to be invited to the training too. The hypotheses were that being invited alongside a friend might increase take-up, lead to more”
Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India (2018, background): “, 2014), mobility and autonomy (Calvi, 2016), and labor force participation (Afridi et al., 2018; Field et al., 2010).”
Jobs for Shared Prosperity: Time for Action in the Middle East and North Africa (2013, background): “…specifi cally targeting women may yield better results than generalized programs that also try to include women (Attanasio, Kugler, and Meghir 2011; Field et al. 2010; Field, Jayachandran, and Pande 2010).11 According to the inventory mentioned earlier, these interventions are still rare in MENA…”
Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda* (2014, background): “Other studies in South Asia also find limits on female enterprise growth (de Mel et al., 2012b; Field et al., 2010).”
Designing Entrepreneurship Experiments (2017, background): “Field et al. (2010), for example, conducted a field experiment with a sample of 597 poor, selfemployed Hindu and Muslim women in India to examine the impact of individual and institutional constraints on their borrowing activities.”
Religious institutions and entrepreneurship (2014, background): “Field et al. (2010) suggested that in the Hindu system lower castes have the highest returns to entrepreneurship.”
The moderating influence of financial literacy on the relationship between access to finance and firm growth in Ghana (2016, background): “The issue of building financial management capability for small business owners in developing country settings has received increased attention in recent times (Bruhn and Zia 2013; Field, Jayachandran, and Pande 2010; McKenzie and Woodruff 2014).”