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dc.titleResearch Insights: What Are the Welfare Effects of Large Firms Crowding Out Microenterprises?
dc.contributor.authorTalamas Marcos, Miguel Ángel
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2024-10-02T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2024-10-02T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractThe entry of convenience chains in Mexico has reduced the number of neighborhood shops by 15%. Median and average consumers benefit from chains entry, with an average welfare gain of 0.5%. Lower-income households may be worse off due to chains replacing neighborhood shops.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013299
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-What-Are-the-Welfare-Effects-of-Large-Firms-Crowding-Out-Microenterprises.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Cuales-son-los-efectos-en-el-bienestar-del-desplazamiento-de-las-microempresas.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectSmall Business Growth
dc.subjectProductivity Growth
dc.subjectHousehold Income
dc.subjectSocial Welfare
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectRetail
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectIndustry
dc.subjectForced Migration
dc.subjectInformal Credit
dc.subjectDebtor Finance
dc.subject.jelcodeD22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.jelcodeL22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure
dc.subject.jelcodeO12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeL10 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
dc.subject.keywordsDevelopment;microenterprise dynamics;Competition;entry
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00901
idb.operationME-E0005
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