The Impact of Micro-Credit on Employment: Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan

Published By: The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Published Date: July, 01 , 2016

This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non-borrowers. Pipeline borrowers are included to control for self-selection effects.

Author(s): Azhar Kahn, Twyeafur Rahman, Robert E. Wright | Posted on: Jul 19, 2016 | Views() | Download (172)


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