In a large sample of firms in 66 developing countries, it is shown that gender...

Existing studies show that the impact of country size on the level of corruption is...

Repeated attempts at uncovering the impact of country size on various socio-economic factors have shown...

With the exception of trade openness, existing studies have failed to find any significant impact...

A recent survey of unregistered or informal firms in Argentina and Peru shows that about...

Repeated attempts at uncovering the relevance of country size for various economic factors have produced...

The paper shows that the number of documents required to export and import tend to...

It is argued that compared with large countries, small countries rely more on trade and...

There is a large literature that finds that common law countries perform better than civil...

A commonly held view is that female-owned businesses suffer from many disadvantages compared to male-owned...

This note highlights differences in the structure, conduct and performance of informal businesses in two...

The paper extends the female under-performance hypothesis to informal or unregistered firms in two developing...

Recently collected data on informal or unregistered firms in Argentina and Peru show significant differences...

Recent studies suggest that consumer-household attributes may be as important in determining the level of...

The literature on crime seeks to identify groups of agents based on their socio-economic-demographic characteristics...

A number of studies show that relative to male owned businesses, female owned businesses are...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that working from home makes it easier to balance work and family...

Differences between opportunity and necessity firms within the informal sector have long been debated. This...

Using a new dataset on informal or unregistered firms in three African countries, this paper...

Existing studies aimed at identifying individuals or economic agents that suffer more from crime than...

Using data on firm perceptions of how helpful the government is for doing business, we...

We use a sample of 133 countries to investigate the link between the abundance of...

We use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms....

This paper takes another look at the extent of business regulation in civil law versus...

A commonly held but untested view is that the use of modern technology such as...

For a sample of informal firms in Burkina Faso, Cameroons, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Madagascar...

Using Enterprise Surveys data on 1,948 retails stores in India, this note highlights the key...

A survey of informal businesses in Burkina Faso, Cameroons and Cape Verde shows that roughly...

Some informal businesses are started to take advantage of business opportunities (opportunity firms) while others...

A comparison of service and manufacturing firms in the informal sector shows that service firms...

This note identifies quality of democracy and amount of natural resources as important determinants of...

About 20 percent of the firms in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region are...

Drawing on a small but growing literature, this note argues that consumer behavior may be...

Existing studies on crime are exclusively focused on crime against individuals and households. These studies...

The paper analyzes migration from Zambia in order to understand how migration policy can support...

An overview of the business climate for the retail sector in India is provided using...

A large literature shows that common law countries perform better than civil law countries along...

A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India shows that 27% of the stores...