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Motivations for Business Start‐up: Are There any Differences Between Disabled and Non‐disabled Microfinance Clients?

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  • Beisland, Leif Atle
  • Mersland, Roy
  • Zamore, Stephen

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We use an Ecuadorian sample to investigate if there are differences in motivations for business start‐up between persons with and without disabilities. Generally, we do not document significant differences. The reason might be that we use a sample selected among customers of the microfinance bank Banco D‐MIRO. Without targeted incentives, disabled microfinance customers must resemble non‐disabled customers. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Beisland, Leif Atle & Mersland, Roy & Zamore, Stephen, 2016. "Motivations for Business Start‐up: Are There any Differences Between Disabled and Non‐disabled Microfinance Clients?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 28(1), pages 147-149.
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    2. Beisland, Leif Atle & Mersland, Roy, 2014. "Income characteristics and the use of microfinance services: evidence from economically active persons with disabilities," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 29(3), pages 417-430.
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