Releasing Constraints to Growth or Pushing on a String? The Impact of Credit, Training, Business Associations and Taxes on the Performance of Mexican Micro-Firms

Releasing Constraints to Growth or Pushing on a String? The Impact of Credit, Training, Business Associations and Taxes on the Performance of Mexican Micro-Firms

The authors employ propensity score matching and a traditional control function approach to examine the impact of participation in various societal institutions on microfirm performance in Mexico. They find that firms that participate in credit markets, receive training, pay taxes, and belong to bus...

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Main Authors: Fajnzylber, Pablo, Maloney, William F., Rojas, Gabriel V. Montes
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CONDITIONING
CREDIT MARKETS
ECONOMIC SECTORS
EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL
ESTIMATORS
EXPENDITURES
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FIXED COSTS
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GENDER
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME LEVELS
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
INFERENCE
INVENTORIES
METHODOLOGIES
NORMAL GOOD
PERCEPTION
PERMANENT INCOME
PERSONAL LIABILITIES
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
REAL INCOME
RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
SCENARIOS
SPECULATION
TAX PAYMENTS
TAXATION
TECHNIQUES
THINKING
VALIDITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6523116/releasing-constraints-growth-or-pushing-string-impact-credit-training-business-associations-taxes-performance-mexican-micro-firms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8835

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6523116/releasing-constraints-growth-or-pushing-string-impact-credit-training-business-associations-taxes-performance-mexican-micro-firms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8835

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