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

Ghana, 2008 - 2010

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GHA_2008_MGFERE_v01_M

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https://doi.org/10.48529/0gsj-b583

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David McKenzie, Marcel Fafchamps, Simon Quinn, Christopher Woodruff

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Impact Evaluation Surveys

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Data file: ReplicationDataGhanaJDE

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Value	Cases
0	156	6.4%
BECAUSE I HAVE INTEREST IN THAT JOB	6	0.2%
BECAUSE I HAVE THE INTERST FOR THE JOB	6	0.2%
BECAUSE I KE THAT JOB	6	0.2%
BECAUSE I LOVE THE JOB	6	0.2%
BECAUSE I TRIED MANY BUSINESS AND ENDED UP IN THIS	6	0.2%
BECAUSE THERE IS NO JOB	6	0.2%
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POPCORN SELLER AROUND	6	0.2%
Because i have experience car parts	6	0.2%
Because is my dream work.	6	0.2%
Because it provides my sociacial needs	6	0.2%
Because less education i needed learn a profession	6	0.2%
Because of low capital	6	0.2%
Because of the interest l had in this	6	0.2%
Because they buy it faster than any other thing.	6	0.2%
COS HE LEARNT HOW TO REPAIR BICYCLES	6	0.2%
COULD NOT CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION	6	0.2%
Could not get help to fether his education	6	0.2%
DUE TO LIFE DIFFICULTIES I CHOSE THIS JOB	6	0.2%
DUE TO SOME DIFFICULTIES	6	0.2%
Didn't get any support after school.	6	0.2%
Didn't get anyone to help her do different busines	6	0.2%
FELT ITS GIFTED	6	0.2%
HAD INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS	12	0.5%
HAVE THE INTEREST TO DO IT	6	0.2%
HE STUDIED ELECTRONICS IN SCHOOL HENCE THAT CHOICE	6	0.2%
HER FATHER ASKED HER TO LEARN IT	6	0.2%
Had heart in the Capentry work	6	0.2%
Had interest in it	6	0.2%
He has got interest in it since infancy.	6	0.2%
He has self interest in it	6	0.2%
I AM TALENTED IN THE BEAUTY FIELD	6	0.2%
I CHOSE THIS JOB TO CATER FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY	6	0.2%
I ENJOY DOING THIS SINCE INFANCY	6	0.2%
I HAD INTEREST IN THE JOB	6	0.2%
I HAVE INTEREST IN IT	6	0.2%
I HAVE THE INTEREST	6	0.2%
I JUST ENTERED INTO IT	6	0.2%
I JUST ENTERED INTO THE JOB	6	0.2%
I LEARN THE JOB	6	0.2%
I LIKE THE JOB	6	0.2%
I LIKE THE JOB AND HAVE THE TALENT	6	0.2%
I LIKE THE JOB THAT IS WHY	6	0.2%
I LIKE THE JOB THATS WHY I WENT INTO IT	6	0.2%
I LOST MY JOB AT THE PORT AND I ENTERED INTO THIS	6	0.2%
I LOVE THE JOB AND THAT DROVE ME INTO IT	6	0.2%
I PICK IT UP WILLINGLY	6	0.2%
I STARTED IT JUST LIKE THAT	6	0.2%
I WANTED THE SHOP TO BE IN MY HOUSE	6	0.2%
I WAS A HAIRDRESSER BUT I LOST MY KIOSK	6	0.2%
I WAS SACKED FROM WHERE I WAS IN THE MARKET .	6	0.2%
I WAS THEN A HAIR DRESSER BUT I STOP AND DID THIS	6	0.2%
I choose to be in the business	6	0.2%
I did myself; because there's none there	6	0.2%
I have intrest in the trade	6	0.2%
I like doing it	6	0.2%
I like trading	6	0.2%
I love it	6	0.2%
I love the job.	6	0.2%
I love the profession	12	0.5%
I love the work	6	0.2%
I love trading	12	0.5%
I prefer this to any other business	6	0.2%
INTERESTED IN CARPENTRY	6	0.2%
INTERESTED IN DOING SUCH A WORK	6	0.2%
INTERSTED IN DOING MY OWN HAIR	6	0.2%
In other to train the needy	6	0.2%
Is a family work	6	0.2%
It has always been my dream to be a trader	6	0.2%
It was the doctors advise to stop her work .	6	0.2%
JUST HAVE INTEREST IN THE BUSINESS	6	0.2%
LESS TIRING	6	0.2%
LIFE SITUATION LEAD ME INTO THE BUSSINESS	6	0.2%
LOST HIS JOB	6	0.2%
MY INTEREST IS IN THAT FIELD	6	0.2%
MY MUM ADVISED ME TO LEARN THIS BUSINESS	6	0.2%
NATURALY I LOVE TO TRADE	6	0.2%
NO	90	3.7%
NO REASON	6	0.2%
NONE	30	1.2%
No	12	0.5%
No job after school	6	0.2%
No one to pay for my education	6	0.2%
No one to pay for school fee that's why	6	0.2%
PARENTS INFLUENCE	6	0.2%
PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE JOB	6	0.2%
Prefered hairdressing to sew'g	6	0.2%
SOME WHITE MEN INTRODUCED ME INTO IT	6	0.2%
THAT WAS MY DREAM FROM CHILDHOOD	6	0.2%
THE FAMILY BUSINESS SHOULD COTINUE OPERATING	6	0.2%
THE INTEREST IN THE JOB	6	0.2%
THERE IS NO SUCH BUSINESS IN THE AREA THAT WAS WHY	6	0.2%
The business she can operate well.	6	0.2%
To reduce stress as compare to her previous work.	6	0.2%
To support the husbands work for house keep'g.	6	0.2%
WE OPENED IT ON OUR OWN	6	0.2%
Wanted to try this business too	6	0.2%
Was interest in it from her childhood	6	0.2%
Was sacked 4rm where he had his previous business	6	0.2%
Where my interest is	6	0.2%
a family member introduced me to the business	6	0.2%
a friend introduced it to me	6	0.2%
a necessity	6	0.2%
and toprovide formy family	6	0.2%
area of study for respondent	6	0.2%
b'cos sellIng t.v's moves faster	6	0.2%
because i had personal interest in the business	6	0.2%
because i have a waist problem	6	0.2%
because i have no job	6	0.2%
because i likeness for metal work	6	0.2%
because i was jobless	6	0.2%
because my mother pushed me in there. to learn	6	0.2%
because my spouse is in the business	6	0.2%
because of accident in my previous work	6	0.2%
because of disability	6	0.2%
because of self interest in it	6	0.2%
because of the interest i had for the job	6	0.2%
because of the personal interest i had in the work	6	0.2%
becos my uncle was in it	6	0.2%
becos of my love for the job	6	0.2%
becouse of low capital	6	0.2%
cldn't further his edu. n was force 2 work wif unc	6	0.2%
developed interest after hellping my	6	0.2%
did it becos of unsuccesful businesses	6	0.2%
did not get the job he wantd to d0	6	0.2%
doesn't like any work apart from Dressmaking	6	0.2%
dream work.	6	0.2%
family pressure	6	0.2%
father introduced me into the business	6	0.2%
father is a contractor	6	0.2%
father worked as a tailor	6	0.2%
felt like selling cooked rice	6	0.2%
flexible for female	6	0.2%
friends influence	6	0.2%
gifted	6	0.2%
had interest	72	3%
had interest in the business	6	0.2%
had interst	6	0.2%
had planned to trade	6	0.2%
had the interest	6	0.2%
had the passion of becoming a fashion designer	6	0.2%
had the passion to work as hairdresser [talent]	6	0.2%
had the talent in carpentry	6	0.2%
hardship,i need to do something	6	0.2%
have been succesful in this business	6	0.2%
have no money	6	0.2%
have no money to sart another business	6	0.2%
have no money to start another business	6	0.2%
have the talent for it	6	0.2%
he is a hussler	6	0.2%
high interest	6	0.2%
highly interested in this trade	6	0.2%
i can provide food for the family as i prepare it	6	0.2%
i decided to do something to earn a living	6	0.2%
i decided to do something,so i did this	6	0.2%
i decided to learn a trade	6	0.2%
i developed the interest at school	6	0.2%
i did not have money to cotinue with my scholing	6	0.2%
i had a good supply of the product	6	0.2%
i had experience from my father	6	0.2%
i had the interest	6	0.2%
i had the interest,i started selling at tender age	6	0.2%
i had to do something to earn an an income	6	0.2%
i have my own time to work	6	0.2%
i have work to earn income	6	0.2%
i havetne interest to do something with my hand	6	0.2%
i just like the profession	6	0.2%
i learned how to sow and did underground work befo	6	0.2%
i love the work	6	0.2%
i want money to school	6	0.2%
i wanted to work on my own	6	0.2%
i will provide for the family	6	0.2%
imposed on me By my father	6	0.2%
interest	30	1.2%
interest In job	6	0.2%
interest from vocational skills course at j.s.s	6	0.2%
interested in hair dressing	6	0.2%
is advise form a docter	6	0.2%
it just occured to Me after many unsucessful busin	6	0.2%
it seems to be the most successful i've ever tried	6	0.2%
it was a vision from God	6	0.2%
just decided to sell cosmetics	6	0.2%
just had the interest of doing catering	6	0.2%
l just planned to sell charcoal	6	0.2%
l studied in this field	6	0.2%
lack of Money to continue schooling	6	0.2%
lack of finance to continue schooling	6	0.2%
learn the trade in school	6	0.2%
love and interest	6	0.2%
love it	6	0.2%
loves the job	6	0.2%
low capital reqired	6	0.2%
low capitel	12	0.5%
mother was in the same business	6	0.2%
my auntie was runing such business , so idecided	6	0.2%
my children also consume part	6	0.2%
my father was a printer	6	0.2%
my ingenuity	6	0.2%
my interest	6	0.2%
my interest in the vocation	6	0.2%
my mother runs the same business	6	0.2%
my own doin	6	0.2%
my talent	6	0.2%
n	6	0.2%
no	264	10.8%
no helper so decided to trade	6	0.2%
no one to look after me	6	0.2%
no other	24	1%
no reason	12	0.5%
non	12	0.5%
none	60	2.5%
nothing	6	0.2%
o	6	0.2%
own interest	6	0.2%
passion	6	0.2%
passionate about it	18	0.7%
persohal lnterest	6	0.2%
personal interest	66	2.7%
personal interest in job	6	0.2%
personal interest in the job	30	1.2%
personal interest in the work	6	0.2%
revealed by God	6	0.2%
schooled in it	6	0.2%
self interest in it	6	0.2%
she is a beautishion	6	0.2%
she was a hair dresser but the business collapes	6	0.2%
sick cannot do any another business	6	0.2%
step mum introduced it to me	6	0.2%
studied electrical in school	6	0.2%
talent	12	0.5%
that was my father's occupation	6	0.2%
the enviroment is favourable the business	6	0.2%
the family can feed on it as well	6	0.2%
the goods involve are not perishable	6	0.2%
there was nobody sell food around	6	0.2%
to assist my family	6	0.2%
to assist my husband	6	0.2%
to balance thfamily income	6	0.2%
to be able to cater for my family as well	6	0.2%
to cater for my family's social and economic needs	6	0.2%
to earn an income	12	0.5%
to engage myself	6	0.2%
to feed my family in the morning,and support my hu	6	0.2%
to get a reliable proffession	6	0.2%
to get small to help the family	6	0.2%
to get something doing	6	0.2%
to have something doing	6	0.2%
to help me earn income to take care of my son	6	0.2%
to help me look after my chn	6	0.2%
to help my spouse in running the home	6	0.2%
to help take care of my family	6	0.2%
to make earns to meet	6	0.2%
to meet customers' expectations from my previous b	6	0.2%
to meet family commitment	6	0.2%
to meet social /economic needs	6	0.2%
to occupy myself and also earn an income	6	0.2%
to provide for the family	6	0.2%
to support my family	18	0.7%
to support my husband to takecare of thefamily	6	0.2%
to take care of myself	6	0.2%
to while away time	6	0.2%
wanted increase income	6	0.2%
was also interested in it	6	0.2%
was interested in it	6	0.2%
when i cook in the morning ,i get some to feed my	6	0.2%
when she gets help will stop n do diff one	6	0.2%

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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