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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Mexico
GDP per capita	10.017
Context details	Small enterprises that were formally registered with the government and were paying taxes in Puebla, México, that volunteered to participate
Age	average: 42.19

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2008
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	11
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Accounting and record keeping, organizational structure, sales and advertising, quality control, human resources

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Productivity	Productivity: Residual from a regression of log sales on log employees and log business assets.	3	250	Coeff: 0.25; SE: 0.13
Complete sample	Size (Labor)	Number of employees	3	378	Coeff: 0.52; SE: 1.26

Study	Bruhn, M., Karlan, D., & Schoar, A. (2018). The impact of consulting services on small and medium enterprises: Evidence from a randomized trial in Mexico. Journal of Political Economy, 126(2), 635-687.