对微型企业主的培训超过 "放大"：墨西哥的实验证据

IF 5.1 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103244

Elwyn Davies , Peter Deffebach , Leonardo Iacovone , David McKenzie

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摘要

标准的面对面商业培训项目成本高昂，难以推广到发展中国家的数百万微型企业。我们进行了一项实验，测试通过 Zoom 向墨西哥和危地马拉的微型企业主提供现场培训课程的可行性、成本节约和影响。我们的实验表明，现在通过网络招聘和培训自营职业妇女是可行的，而且覆盖的地域很广，技术问题也不多。不过，与面对面授课相比，成本节约低于预期。培训在 2 个月内改善了经营方式和业绩，但影响在 6 个月内消失。

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Training microentrepreneurs over Zoom: Experimental evidence from Mexico

Standard in-person business training programs are costly and difficult to scale to the millions of microenterprises in the developing world. We conduct an experiment to test the feasibility, cost-savings, and impact of delivering live training sessions over Zoom to microentrepreneurs in Mexico and Guatemala. We demonstrate that it is now feasible to both recruit and train self-employed women online, covering a wide geographic area, with few technology issues. However, the cost-savings over in-person classes are less than expected. Training improved business practices and performance over 2 months, but impacts had dissipated within 6 months.

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来源期刊

Journal of Development Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

4.00%

发文量

126

审稿时长

72 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Development Economics publishes papers relating to all aspects of economic development - from immediate policy concerns to structural problems of underdevelopment. The emphasis is on quantitative or analytical work, which is relevant as well as intellectually stimulating.