Anna-Katharina Lenz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5869831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna-Katharina Lenz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna-Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Lenz |
| SIGNATURE | LENZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8891-8582 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Peer support and value creation among women entrepreneurs
In resource-constrained environments, where institutional support is scarce, women entrepreneurs often rely on peer support to sustain their ventures. While existing research emphasizes women as beneficiaries of help, this study shifts attention to their active role as help providers. We examine how women entrepreneurs balance providing help with pursuing their own economic survival, exploring the interplay of social and economic value creation. …
Do Political Preferences Affect Policy Learning and Uptake? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Informal Entrepreneurs
We examine whether political preferences affect uptake and learning about government programs in the context of Brazil’s Individual Microentrepreneur Program, which offers subsidized access to social security coverage and business-related incentives. We fielded a randomized intervention that provided one-on-one consultancy and assistance to informal entrepreneurs. Treatment increased formalization rates, but we found only weak evidence that suppo…
Microcredit Impacts
This paper studies the impact of microcredit in Brazil. We use a propensity score matching on original primary data on business and personal outcomes to compare veteran clients of BNDES—Brazil’s largest government-owned development bank—to a matched sample of more recent clients. Based on administrative data as well as data from a survey of 2107 clients from the South and Northeast regions of Brazil, the findings show no significant impacts on in…
Microcredit Impacts
This paper studies the impact of microcredit in Brazil. We use a propensity score matching on original primary data on business and personal outcomes to compare veteran clients of BNDES—Brazil’s largest government-owned development bank—to a matched sample of more recent clients. Based on administrative data as well as data from a survey of 2107 clients from the South and Northeast regions of Brazil, the findings show no significant impacts on in…
Microcredit Impacts
This paper studies the impact of microcredit in Brazil. We use a propensity score matching on original primary data on business and personal outcomes to compare veteran clients of BNDES—Brazil’s largest government-owned development bank—to a matched sample of more recent clients. Based on administrative data as well as data from a survey of 2107 clients from the South and Northeast regions of Brazil, the findings show no significant impacts on in…
Do Political Preferences Affect Policy Learning and Uptake? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Informal Entrepreneurs
We examine whether political preferences affect uptake and learning about government programs in the context of Brazil’s Individual Microentrepreneur Program, which offers subsidized access to social security coverage and business-related incentives. We fielded a randomized intervention that provided one-on-one consultancy and assistance to informal entrepreneurs. Treatment increased formalization rates, but we found only weak evidence that suppo…
Peer support and value creation among women entrepreneurs
In resource-constrained environments, where institutional support is scarce, women entrepreneurs often rely on peer support to sustain their ventures. While existing research emphasizes women as beneficiaries of help, this study shifts attention to their active role as help providers. We examine how women entrepreneurs balance providing help with pursuing their own economic survival, exploring the interplay of social and economic value creation. …
Economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Access to Finance (1 works)