Microenterprise Growth and the Flypaper Effect, Randomized Experiment 2008-2010, Licensed Use File

Ghana, 2008 - 2010

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_MGFERE_v01_M_v01_A_LUF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/csqg-qy49

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David McKenzie, Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff

Collection(s)

Impact Evaluation Surveys

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How did respondent come to own the business? (balance_1b)

Data file: GhanaBaselineSingle_la

Overview

Valid: 907

Invalid: -

Type: Continuous

Start: 1824

End: 1873

Width: 50

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

How did you come to own the business? (balance_1b)

Categories

Value	Category
Acquired through marriage
INHERITED FROM THE PERSON WHO STARTED IT
Inherited from another family member
Inherited from my parents
THE PLACE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY MASTERS FAMILY
Through a joint partnership
WORKED WITH HER MOTHER & DECIDED TO HAVE HER OWN
his brother has travelled outside the country
jointly owned by me and my brother
l work there & pays a commission to the owner
started it ourself
work as partner
worked with my parents

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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