Christopher Woodruff

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• Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House) (weight: 80%)
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  • location: Oxford, United Kingdom
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (weight: 11%)
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  • location: Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (weight: 9%)
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  • location: London, United Kingdom

Research profile

author of:

• Property Rights and Finance
  by Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Courts and Relational Contracts
  by Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Experimental Evidence on Returns to Capital and Access to Finance in Mexico
  by David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Entrepreneurs and the Ordering of Institutional Reform: Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine Compared
  by Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Interfirm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam
  by John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
  by Robert Fairlie & Christopher Woodruff
• Symposium on Transition in Vietnam
  by Christopher Woodruff
• Formal Measures of the Informal Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru
  by Douglas Marcouiller, S. J. & Veronica Ruiz de Castilla & Christopher Woodruff
• Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Property Rights and Finance
  by Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Review of de Soto's The Mystery of Capital
  by Christopher Woodruff
• The Impact of Short-Term Credit on Microenterprises: Evidence from the Fincomun-Bimbo Program in Mexico
  by Pablo Cotler & Christopher Woodruff
• The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies
  by John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
  by Marcel Fafchamps & David McKenzie & Simon Quinn & Christopher Woodruff
• Wage Subsidies for Microenterprises
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
  by Robert W. Fairlie & Christopher Woodruff
  edited by
• The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership, and Firm Size
  by Luc Laeven & Christopher Woodruff
• Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
  by Fairlie, Robert W. & Woodruff, Christopher
• Why Do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity after Communism
  by Simon Johnson & Daniel Kaufmann & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Why do Firms Hide? Bribes and Unofficial Activity After Communism
  by Johnson, Simon & McMillan, John & Woodruff, Christopher
• Formal Measures of the Informal-Sector Wage Gap in Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru.
  by Marcouiller, Douglas & Ruiz de Castilla, Veronica & Woodruff, Christopher
• Non-contractible investments and vertical integration in the Mexican footwear industry
  by Woodruff, Christopher
• Mexican-American Entrepreneurship
  by Robert W. Fairlie & Christopher Woodruff
• Innovative firms or innovative owners ? determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Enterprise recovery following natural disasters
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Who are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman versus De Soto
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
  edited by
• Do Entry Costs Provide an Empirical Basis for Poverty Traps? Evidence from Mexican Microenterprises
  by McKenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher
• Mexican-American Entrepreneurship
  by Fairlie, Robert W. & Woodruff, Christopher
• Returns to capital in microenterprises : evidence from a field experiment
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Migration networks and microenterprises in Mexico
  by Woodruff, Christopher & Zenteno, Rene
• Property Rights, Finance, and Entrepreneurship
  by Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Measuring microenterprise profits: Must we ask how the sausage is made?
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher
• Remittances and banking sector breadth and depth : evidence from Mexico
  by Demirguc-Kunt, Asli & Lopez Cordova, Ernesto & Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad & Woodruff, Christopher
• Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Measuring microenterprise profits : don't ask how the sausage is made
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Schooling: The Case of Mexico.
  by Binder, Melissa & Woodruff, Christopher
• The quality of the legal system, firm ownership, andfirm size
  by Laeven, Luc & Woodruff, Christopher
• Why do firms hide? Bribes and unofficial activity after communism
  by Johnson, Simon & Kaufmann, Daniel & McMillan, John & Woodruff, Christopher
• Dispute Prevention without Courts in Vietnam.
  by McMillan, John & Woodruff, Christopher
• Mexican-American Entrepreneurship
  by Fairlie Robert & Woodruff Christopher M.
• Who are the microenterprise owners ? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Mental health recovery and economic recovery after the tsunami: High-frequency longitudinal evidence from Sri Lankan small business owners
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Inter-Firm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam
  by McMillan, John & Woodruff, Christopher
• Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Trust and Search in Vietnam's Emerging Private Sector
  by Haggard, Stephan & McMillan, John & Woodruff, Christopher
• Are women more credit constrained ? experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Contract Enforcement in Transition
  by Simon Johnson & John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• Contract Enforcement in Transition
  by Johnson, Simon & McMillan, John & Woodruff, Christopher
• Contract enforcement and trade liberalization in Mexico's footwear industry
  by Woodruff, Christopher
• Domestic Politics, Foreign Interests, and International Trade Policy: Comment.
  by Hofer, Tracy & Woodruff, Chris
• Remittances and banking sector breadth and depth: Evidence from Mexico
  by Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli & Córdova, Ernesto López & Pería, María Soledad Martínez & Woodruff, Christopher
• Mexican microenterprise investment and employment : the role of remittances
  by Christopher Woodruff
• When is capital enough to get female enterprises growing ? evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & McKenzie, David & McKenzie, David & Quinn, Simon & Woodruff, Christopher
• When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
  by Marcel Fafchamps & David McKenzie & Simon Quinn & Christopher Woodruff
• When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
  by Marcel Fafchamps & David McKenzie & Simon R. Quinn & Christopher Woodruff
• When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & McKenzie, David J. & Quinn, Simon & Woodruff, Christopher
• The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• The demand for, and consequences of, formalization among informal firms in Sri Lanka
  by Suresh De Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & McKenzie, David & Quinn, Simon & Woodruff, Christopher
• What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
  by McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world ?
  by McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-Up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics : experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters
  by Suresh De Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• The Demand for, and Consequences of, Formalization among Informal Firms in Sri Lanka
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Long Term Impacts of One Off Grants to Microenterprises
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Deposit Collecting: Unbundling the Role of Frequency, Salience, and Habit Formation in Generating Savings
  by Suresh de Mel & Craig McIntosh & Christopher Woodruff
• Capital, Gender, and Microenterprise Growth in Ghana
  by Marcel Fafchamps & David McKenzie & Simon Quinn & Christopher Woodruff
• Do Informal Firms Want to Formalize and Does It Help Them If They Do?
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?
  by McKenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business training and female enterprise start-up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Microenterprise growth and the flypaper effect: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & McKenzie, David & Quinn, Simon & Woodruff, Christopher
• What are we learning from business training and entrepreneurship evaluations around the developing world?
  by McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• When is capital enough to get female microenterprises growing? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ghana
  by Fafchamps, Marcel; McKenzie; Quinn, Simon; Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Training and Female Enterprise Start-up, Growth, and Dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka
  by de Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Training for New and Existing Female-Owned Firms in Sri Lanka
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by Michael Callen & Suresh De Mel & Craig McIntosh & Christopher Woodruff
• What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by Michael Callen & Suresh De Mel & Craig McIntosh & Christopher Woodruff
• Supervisory Management and Productivity Dispersion in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
  by Rocco Macchiavello & Christopher Woodruff
• What Generates Growth in Microenterprises? Experimental Evidence on Capital, Labor and Training
  by Mel, Suresh de & McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Measuring Institutions
  by Christopher Woodruff
  edited by
• Identifying gazelles: expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & Woodruff, Christopher
• Inflation Stabilization and the Vanishing Size-Wage Effect
  by Christopher Woodruff
• The Market for Training Services: A Demand Experiment with Bangladeshi Garment Factories
  by Rocco Macchiavello & Atonu Rabbani & Christopher Woodruff
• What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by Callen, Michael & De Mel, Suresh & McIntosh, Craig & Woodruff, Christopher
• Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
  by David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Interfirm Relationships and Informal Credit in Vietnam
  by John McMillan & Christopher Woodruff
• What Are We Learning from Business Training and Entrepreneurship Evaluations around the Developing World?
  by David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Business practices in small firms in developing countries
  by Mckenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher M.
• Challenges of Change: An Experiment Training Women to Manage in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
  by Macchiavello, Rocco & Menzel, Andreas & Rabbani, Atonu & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
  by McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
  by McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Challenges of Change: An Experiment Training Women to Manage in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
  by Macchiavello, Rocco & Menzel, Andreas & Rabbani, Atonu & Woodruff, Christopher
• Identifying gazelles : expert panels vs. surveys as a means to identify firms with rapid growth potential
  by Fafchamps, Marcel & Woodruff, Christopher M.
• What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by Callen, Michael & Mel, Suresh de & McIntosh, Craig & Woodruff, Christopher
• Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
  by Suresh De Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Labor drops : experimental evidence on the return to additional labor in microenterprises
  by De Mel, Suresh & Mckenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher M. & De Mel, Suresh & Mckenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher M.
• The market for training services: a demand experiment with Bangladeshi garment factories
  by Macchiavello, Rocco & Rabbani, Atonu & Woodruff, Christopher
• What are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by Michael Callen & Suresh De Mel & Craig McIntosh & Christopher Woodruff
• Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential
  by Marcel Fafchamps & Christopher Woodruff
• Mexican Microenterprise Investment and Employment: The Role of Remittances
  by Woodruff, Christopher
• Challenges of Change: An Experiment Training Women to Manage in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
  by Macchiavello, Rocco & Menzel, Andreas & Rabbani, Atonu & Woodruff, Christopher
• Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
  by McKenzie, David & Woodruff, Christopher
• Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico’s Labor Courts
  by Joyce Sadka & Enrique Seira & Christopher Woodruff
• Can Mobile-Linked Bank Accounts Bolster Savings? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sri Lanka
  by Suresh De Mel & Craig McIntosh & Ketki Sheth & Christopher Woodruff
• Can Mobile-Linked Bank Accounts Bolster Savings? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sri Lanka
  by De Mel, Suresh & Mcintosh, Craig & Sheth, Ketki & Woodruff, Christopher
• Information and Bargaining through Agents: Experimental Evidence from Mexico's Labor Courts
  by Sadka, Joyce & Seira, Enrique & Woodruff, Christopher
• Labor Drops: Experimental Evidence on the Return to Additional Labor in Microenterprises
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• Gender Wage Gaps and Worker Mobility: Evidence from the Garment Sector in Bangladesh
  by Menzel, Andreas & Woodruff, Christopher
• Micro-Equity for Microenterprises
  by De Mel, Suresh & Mckenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher M.
• Micro-equity for Microenterprises
  by De Mel, Suresh & McKenzie, David J. & Woodruff, Christopher
• Gender Wage Gaps and Worker Mobility: Evidence from the Garment Sector in Bangladesh
  by Andreas Menzel & Christopher Woodruff
• Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment
  by Suresh de Mel & David McKenzie & Christopher Woodruff
• What Are the Headwaters of Formal Savings? Experimental Evidence from Sri Lanka
  by Michael Callen & Suresh de Mel & Craig McIntosh & Christopher Woodruff
• Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
  by Rocco Macchiavello & Andreas Menzel & Atonu Rabbani & Christopher Woodruff
• Challenges of Change: An Experiment Promoting Women to Managerial Roles in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector
  by Macchiavello, Rocco & Menzel, Andreas & Rabbani, Atonu & Woodruff, Christopher