Reproducibility package for Long-term and lasting impacts of personal initiative training on entrepreneurial success
Overview
A randomized experiment in Togo found that personal initiative training for small businesses resulted in large and significant impacts for both men and women after two years (Campos et al, 2017). We revisit these entrepreneurs after seven years, and find long-lasting average impacts of personal initiative training of $91 higher profits per month, which is larger than the 2-year impacts. However, these long-term impacts are very different for men and women: the impact for men grows over time as they accumulate more capital and increase self-efficacy, whereas the impact for women dissipates, and capital build-up is much more limited.
Reproducibility Package
| Repository name | URI |
|---|---|
| Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) | https://reproducibility.worldbank.org |
Reproducibility
Paper exhibits were reproduced in a computer with the following specifications:
• OS: Windows 11 Enterprise, version 21H2
• Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.90GHz, 16 Core(s)
• Memory available: 15.7 GB
• Software version: Stata 18 MP
~5 minutes
To reproduce the package, first, download the publicly available data as instructed in the README file. Once you have the required datasets, update the file path in the main do file MasterLongRun and run the main dofile to ensure accurate reproduction of the results.
Data
All data sources are publicly available but not included in the reproducibility package. The data can be obtained through the Microdata Library.
Description
| Author | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Campos | World Bank | fcampos@worldbank.org |
| Michael Frese | Asia School of Business and Leuphana University of Lueneburg | michael.frese@asb.edu.my |
| Leonardo Iacovone | World Bank | liacovone@worldbank.org |
| Hillary C. Johnson | World Bank | hjohnson1@worldbank.org |
| David McKenzie | World Bank | dmckenzie@worldbank.org |
| Mona Mensmann | University of Cologne | mona.mensmann@wiso.uni-koeln.de |
2024-09
Scope and coverage
| Location | Code |
|---|---|
| Togo | TGO |
Disclaimer
The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.
Access and rights
| Name | URI |
|---|---|
| Modified BSD3 | https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/ |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| David McKenzie | World Bank | dmckenzie@worldbank.org |
| Reproducibility WBG | World Bank | reproducibility@worldbank.org |
Information on metadata
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reproducibility WBG | DIME | World Bank - Development Impact Department | Verification and preparation of metadata |
2024-09-05
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