A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice
评估了针对肯尼亚内罗毕年轻女性的两种干预措施:综合项目(职业培训、实物资本转移和指导)与无条件现金补助,发现两者都促使女性转向自雇且效果持续六年,但只有综合项目在长期提升了幸福感。
Abstract We evaluate two interventions targeting young women in Nairobi, Kenya. The first is a multifaceted program involving vocational training, in-kind transfers of physical capital, and ongoing mentoring. The second is an unrestricted cash grant. Both interventions shift women into self-employment, and impacts persist after six years. Both programs also increase income in the short-term, but those effects disappear over time. Though the two treatments have similar impacts on labor market outcomes, women in the multifaceted program report significantly higher wellbeing six years after treatment relative to both women in the control group and those who received the grants.