Hanna Berkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 2208635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hanna Berkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Berkel |
| SIGNATURE | BERKEL H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mozambican Ministry of Planning and Development United Nations University–World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU‐WIDER) Mozambique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0650-6566 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Encouraging micro-enterprises to prepare for disasters
Why Formality Does Not Always Benefit Firms. Learning from Mozambique
Empirical evidence indicates that formality-official registration with the state-often fails to deliver the anticipated positive outcomes for firms in low-income countries. However, detailed explanations for this phenomenon remain scarce. This study provides an in-depth analysis of why formality often does not benefit firms. Using standard quantitative methods, I examine the effects of formality on firms in Mozambique. Beyond this, I incorporate …
Cash grants to informal firms after Cyclone Idai
This study investigates the effects of unconditional cash grants on informal manufacturing firms' recovery after Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique in 2019. Using a novel stratified adaptive cluster sampling approach, we collected representative panel data from firms in Beira (heavily affected) and Chimoio (less affected). Many firms demonstrated rapid initial recovery without financial intervention, but did not sustain this over time. Although the o…
Informality and Firm Performance in Myanmar
Using a unique panel survey of enterprises, we examine the relationship between four categories of formalization and firm productivity. We carry out one- and two-step productivity estimations whose robustness we check with matching and doubly robust estimators. The only formalization category that appears to be significantly associated with productivity is tax formalization, i.e. a firm’s decision to pay taxes. This positive association only hold…
Local governance quality and law compliance
In sub-Saharan Africa, many micro and small enterprises do not (or at least only partially) comply with official rules and regulations. Given that low compliance rates impede economic growth and human development, it is essential to identify mechanisms that can help improve abidance with laws. This paper investigates how the quality of governance (defined as comprising three dimensions: transparency, legal security and infrastructure quality) is …
Local governance quality and law compliance
In sub-Saharan Africa, many micro and small enterprises do not (or at least only partially) comply with official rules and regulations. Given that low compliance rates impede economic growth and human development, it is essential to identify mechanisms that can help improve abidance with laws. This paper investigates how the quality of governance (defined as comprising three dimensions: transparency, legal security and infrastructure quality) is …
Informality and Firm Performance in Myanmar
Using a unique panel survey of enterprises, we examine the relationship between four categories of formalization and firm productivity. We carry out one- and two-step productivity estimations whose robustness we check with matching and doubly robust estimators. The only formalization category that appears to be significantly associated with productivity is tax formalization, i.e. a firm’s decision to pay taxes. This positive association only hold…
Local governance quality and law compliance
In sub-Saharan Africa, many micro and small enterprises do not (or at least only partially) comply with official rules and regulations. Given that low compliance rates impede economic growth and human development, it is essential to identify mechanisms that can help improve abidance with laws. This paper investigates how the quality of governance (defined as comprising three dimensions: transparency, legal security and infrastructure quality) is …
Encouraging micro-enterprises to prepare for disasters
Why Formality Does Not Always Benefit Firms. Learning from Mozambique
Empirical evidence indicates that formality-official registration with the state-often fails to deliver the anticipated positive outcomes for firms in low-income countries. However, detailed explanations for this phenomenon remain scarce. This study provides an in-depth analysis of why formality often does not benefit firms. Using standard quantitative methods, I examine the effects of formality on firms in Mozambique. Beyond this, I incorporate …
Cash grants to informal firms after Cyclone Idai
This study investigates the effects of unconditional cash grants on informal manufacturing firms' recovery after Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique in 2019. Using a novel stratified adaptive cluster sampling approach, we collected representative panel data from firms in Beira (heavily affected) and Chimoio (less affected). Many firms demonstrated rapid initial recovery without financial intervention, but did not sustain this over time. Although the o…
Business (5 works) · Economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (2 works) · Taxation and Compliance Studies (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Cash (1 work) · Compliance (psychology (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Corruption and Economic Development (1 work)