Zhang, Junfu; Zhao, Zhong - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 4 (2015) 4, pp. 1-21
We hypothesize that individuals with a larger social-family network are more likely to choose self-employment. We test … this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is … endogeneity using an instrumental variable approach, our results show that a rural-urban migrant with a larger social-family …