TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ubfal, Diego
AU  - Arraiz, Irani
AU  - Beuermann, Diether
AU  - Frese, Michael
AU  - Maffioli, Alessandro
AU  - Verch, Daniel
        TI  - The Impact of Soft-Skills Training for Entrepreneurs in Jamaica
        PY  - 2019/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12325
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12325
        AB  - A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended business practices, exclusively observed in the short run. We see persistent effects on an incentivized behavioral measure of perseverance after setbacks, a focus of this training. We compare a course focused only on soft-skills to one that combines soft-skills training with traditional business training. The effects of the combined training are never statistically significant. 
        KW  - entrepreneurship
KW  - business training
KW  - soft skills
        ER  -