Jobs are the primary policy concern of policymakers in many countries. The 2007–2008
global financial crisis, rising demographic pressures, high unemployment rates, and …

Entrepreneurship has attracted global interest for its potential to catalyze economic and
social development. Research suggesting that certain entrepreneurial mindsets and skills …

Almost all firms in developing countries have fewer than ten workers, with a modal size of
one. Are there potential high-growth entrepreneurs, and can public policy help identify them …

Governments around the developing world face pressure to intervene actively to help
jobseekers find employment. Two of the most common policies used are job training, based …

We design a labor market experiment to compare demand‐and supply‐side policies to
tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low‐income countries. The experiment tracks …

Abstract We assess South African workseekers' skills and disseminate the assessment
results to explore how limited information affects firm and workseeker behavior. Giving …

We evaluate a multifaceted policy intervention attempting to jump-start adolescent women's
empowerment in Uganda by simultaneously providing them vocational training and …

This paper quantifies and aggregates the multiple lifetime benefits of an influential high-
quality early-childhood program with outcomes measured through midlife. Guided by …

Problems involving causal inference have dogged at the heels of statistics since its earliest
days. Correlation does not imply causation, and yet causal conclusions drawn from a …

Female entrepreneurship is important for business and economic development. However,
women face greater obstacles than men in accessing financing and information, making it …