Limited access to credit due to poorly functioning institutions is a key constraint to business creation. This paper examines the role played by temporary migration in addressing the institutional void...
In the presence of credit constraints, temporary migration abroad provides an effective strategy for workers to accumulate savings to finance self-employment when they return home. This paper provides...
Using multiple sources of national- and firm-level data around the world, this paper investigates how the effects of the business environment depend on whether the measure is de jure or de facto, and how...