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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We … entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors, where higher female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371806
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Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. Among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325523
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Highway to Success: The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing
Ghani, Ejaz; Goswami, Arti Grover; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950745
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Political Reservations and Women's Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
heightened entrepreneurship is due to channels like greater finance access or heightened inspiration for women entrepreneurs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950817
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Lifting the Domestic Veil: The Challenges of Exporting Differentiated Goods Across the Development Divide
Hallak, Juan Carlos; Artopoulos, Alejandro; Friel, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Several developing countries feature weak performances as exporters of differentiated goods to developed countries. This paper builds a conceptual framework to explain the obstacles that prevent producers of differentiated products from establishing a consistent presence in the developed world...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372428
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Star Scientists, Innovation and Regional and National Immigration
Zucker, Lynne; Darby, Michael R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We follow the careers 1981-2004 of 5401 star scientists listed in ISI HighlyCitedSM as most highly cited by their peers. Their number in a US region or a top-25 science and technology (S&T) country significantly increases the probability of firm entry in the S&T field in which they are working....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829811
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Invisible Women: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Family Firms in France during Early Industrialization
Khan, B. Zorina - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
industrialization. The empirical evidence indicates that middle-class women in France were extensively engaged in entrepreneurship and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123648
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Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away From Cities?
Ghani, Ejaz; Goswami, Arti Grover; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
urbanization policies that contain inclusionary approaches may be more successful in promoting local development and managing its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227923
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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries
Jayachandran, Seema - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
much of the GDP/gender-inequality relationship can be explained by the process of development, society-specific factors are …-skewed with development. Finally, I lay out some policy approaches to address gender inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950770
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Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William; Nanda, Ramana - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
important role that entrepreneurship is believed to play in the process of economic growth, alleviating financing constraints … examining the relevance of financing constraints for entrepreneurship. We then introduce a framework that provides a unified …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615799