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Jobs, Access to Credit, and Informality in MENA Countries / Emanuele Brancati, Michele Di Maio, Aminur Rahman.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brancati, Emanuele, author.
- Rahman, Aminur, author.
- Di Maio, Michele, author.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- Policy research working papers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Job creation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (36 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2022.
- Summary:
- This paper explores the link between jobs, access to Finance, and informality. Using longitudinal firm-level data for countries in the Middle East and North Africa, it documents that jobs creation is positively associated with access to finance. At the same time, the findings show that access to finance is lower for firms that are more exposed to competition from informal firms. As a possible mechanism underlying this result, the paper provides evidence that firms that suffer informal competition have worse expectations on future sales growth, which in turn are associated with fewer loan applications.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1596/1813-9450-10061
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