Christopher Woodruff
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View article: Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labour Courts
Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labour Courts Open
Well-functioning courts are essential for the health of both financial and real economies. Courts function poorly in most lower-income countries, but the root causes of poor performance are not well understood. We use field experiments wit…
View article: Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries 2008-2014
Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries 2008-2014 Open
Management has a large effect on the productivity of large firms. But does management matter in micro and small firms, where the majority of the labor force in developing countries works? We develop 26 questions that measure business pract…
View article: Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector Open
Women remain disadvantaged in access to management positions around the world.We conduct a field experiment with 24 large garment factories in Bangladesh to test for inefficient representation of women among line supervisors.We identify th…
View article: Micro-Equity for Microenterprises
Micro-Equity for Microenterprises Open
Many microenterprises in developing
\n countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky
\n revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several
\n advantages over debt when financing investments of this
\n nature, but the use of…
View article: Replication data for: Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
Replication data for: Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises Open
A field experiment in Sri Lanka provided wage subsidies to randomly chosen microenterprises to test whether hiring additional labor benefits such firms, and whether a short-term subsidy can have a lasting impact on firm employment. Using 1…
View article: Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential
Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential Open
We conduct a business plan competition to determine whether survey instruments or panel judges are able to predict which participating firms will grow fastest. Participants were required to submit a simple six- to eight-page business plan …
View article: Enabling Micro-savings Through Bank-Linked Mobile Phones and Mobile Banking in Sri Lanka
Enabling Micro-savings Through Bank-Linked Mobile Phones and Mobile Banking in Sri Lanka Open
The title of the project was: Enabling Micro-savings Through Bank-Linked Mobile Phones and Mobile Banking in Sri Lanka
View article: Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises Open
The majority of enterprises in developing countries have no paid workers.Is this optimal, or the result of frictions in labor markets?We conduct an experiment providing wage subsidies to randomly chosen microenterprises in Sri Lanka.In the…