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Promoting Innovative Startups: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisia

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dc.contributor.authorAli, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorCali, Massimiliano
dc.contributor.authorRijkers, Bob
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T21:35:24Z
dc.date.available2025-05-09T21:35:24Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates Tunisia’s “Startup Act,” a policy initiative to foster innovative firms through a “start-up” label and a bundle of incentives, including reduced social security contributions, corporate tax exemptions, easier access to foreign exchange, and simplified customs procedures. Detailed data on the program’s selection process allow identifying marginal entrants and rejects, and hence limit selection on unobservables. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, the program is shown to increase survival and promote job creation. A back-of-the-envelope cost-benefit calculation suggests that the program is cost effective.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099742205082536954
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11117
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43173
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 11117
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectINNOVATIVE FIRMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectCORPORATE TAX EXEMPTIONS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS PROCEDURES
dc.titlePromoting Innovative Startupsen
dc.title.subtitleQuasi-Experimental Evidence from Tunisiaen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-05-09
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-11T02:17:01.545890Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-05-09T20:05:28Zen
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099742205082536954
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11117
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryTunisia
okr.sectorCentral Government (Central Agencies)
okr.sectorPublic Administration
okr.themeMacroeconomic Model Development,Economic Policy,Inclusive Growth,Economic Growth,Macroeconomic Simulation and Policy Analysis,Fiscal Sustainability,Macroeconomic Modeling,Fiscal Policy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Taxation & Subsidies
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Customs and Trade
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.unitEMNMT; DECTI
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