scholarly journals The Additionality Impact of a Matching Grant Program for Small Firms: Experimental Evidence from Yemen

10.1596/23755 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
David McKenzie ◽  
Nabila Assaf ◽  
Ana Paula Cusolito
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Matching Grant

Playing Fields and Rare Plants: A Winning Combination

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
Susan E. Keith ◽  
Bonnie B. Amos
Keyword(s):  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Rare Plants ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Private Landowners ◽  
Endangered Plant ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Matching Grant ◽  
Playing Fields ◽  
To Receive

With declining availability of funds for recreational-related construction, communities are searching for innovative ways to receive funding. To have a better chance of receiving funding for the construction of a sports complex and to create a sanctuary for the federally endangered plant, the Texas poppy-mallow (TPM), a partnership was formed among city, county, state, and federal agencies, and private landowners. As a result, Mitchell County was awarded $441,000 from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Outdoor Recreation Matching Grant Program and Partners for Fish and Wildlife to build a 20-acre sports and recreation complex. Funds were awarded, in large part, because Mitchell County created a sanctuary for the TPM. This partnership also represents the first endeavor to restore the TPM.

Screening and Signaling Non-Cognitive Skills: Experimental Evidence from Uganda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vittorio Bassi ◽  
Aisha Nansamba
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Assortative Matching ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Interviews ◽  
Credible Information

Abstract We study how employers and job-seekers respond to credible information on skills that are difficult to observe, and how this affects matching in the labor market. We experimentally vary whether certificates on workers’ non-cognitive skills are disclosed to both sides of the market during job interviews between young workers and small firms in Uganda. The certificates cause workers to increase their labor market expectations, while high-ability managers revise their assessments of the workers’ skills upwards. The reaction in terms of beliefs leads to an increase in positive assortative matching and to higher earnings for workers, conditional on employment.

scholarly journals Using Matching Grants to Facilitate Corporate-University Research Linkages: A Preliminary Examination of Outcomes from One Initiative

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-73
Author(s):  
Stephen Bell
Keyword(s):  
University Research ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Corporate University ◽  
Effective Mechanism ◽  
Economic Competitiveness ◽  
Preliminary Examination ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Matching Grant ◽  
Finance Theory ◽  
Matching Grants

In the 1980’s the issue of corporate-university linkages has received markedly increased attention from governments, corporations, and universities. From government’s perspective, the drive to enhance corporate-university linkages is derived from the belief that these linkages will contribute to economic competitiveness. One method that has been used by government to encourage this interaction is through the provision of matching grants. Using public finance theory as the conceptual basis, the paper examines the preliminary outcomes of one government’s matching grant initiative. Through a compilation of data on university research revenues on corporate contract research and a questionnaire to companies that placed the research contracts in universities, the paper shows that matching grants, in the manner provided by the BILD program, may not be an effective mechanism to promote corporate-university research linkages. The paper concludes with some suggestions for further research and discusses the conceptual and methodological hurdles that can be encountered when attempting to asses the outcomes of a matching grant program, particularly as applied to corporate-university linkages.

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