Business grants following natural disasters and their different impact on the performance of female and male-owned microenterprises: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Abstract:Objective
This paper investigates gender differences in the treatment effects of business grants on firm performance following natural disasters, and seeks to identify the mechanisms underlying the unequal effects.
Method
A panel data-set from an experiment in Sri Lanka is used to measure the difference in the treatment effects of a business grant on the performance of female and male-owned firms following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The sample of 608 microenterprises includes 297 female-owned firms and 3… Show more
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