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100	1		_aField, Erica. _933146
245	1	0	_aFriendship at Work: _bCan Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship? / _cErica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w21093
500			_aApril 2015.
520	3		_aDoes the lack of peers contribute to the observed gender gap in entrepreneurial success, and is the constraint stronger for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention had a significant immediate impact on participants' business activity, but only if they were trained in the presence of a friend. Four months later, those trained with a friend were more likely to have taken out business loans, were less likely to be housewives, and reported increased business activity and higher household income. The positive impacts of training with a friend were stronger among women from religious or caste groups with social norms that restrict female mobility.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aO1 - Economic Development _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aJayachandran, Seema. _913597
700	1		_aPande, Rohini. _918121
700	1		_aRigol, Natalia.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w21093.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w21093
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w21093
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