Data and Code for: "SMEs and Workers During Crises: Evidence From the Covid-19 Pandemic in Uganda"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Selim Gulesci, Trinity College Dublin; Francesco Loiacono, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Andreas Madestam, Stockholm University; Miri Stryjan, Aalto University

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Project Citation: 

Gulesci, Selim, Loiacono, Francesco, Madestam, Andreas, and Stryjan, Miri. Data and Code for: “SMEs and Workers During Crises: Evidence From the Covid-19 Pandemic in Uganda.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-05-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E228103V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We use a five-year panel of Ugandan SMEs, supplemented with phone-survey data from August 2020, to analyze how the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic affected profits and employment. Most firms had employees, enabling us to investigate whether—and how—the crisis reshaped SMEs’ job-creation capacity, with particular focus on gender differences. Profits fell substantially for all firms, yet male entrepreneurs paradoxically expanded their workforce—suggesting that hiring under crisis may arise partly from social obligations. Meanwhile, female entrepreneurs bore heavier caregiving loads and relied more on extended family support, potentially hampering future growth through added caregiving and reciprocal obligations.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Randomized Control Trial
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
      G21 Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      O12 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development


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