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Gindling, T.H.; Newhouse, David - In: World Development 56 (2014) C, pp. 313-331

This paper analyzes heterogeneity among the self-employed in 74 developing countries, representing two-thirds of the population of the developing world. After profiling how worker characteristics vary by employment status, it classifies self-employed workers outside agriculture as...

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Is There a Disability Gap in Employment Rates in Developing Countries?

Mizunoya, Suguru; Mitra, Sophie - In: World Development 42 (2013) C, pp. 28-43

This paper examines differences in employment rates between persons with and without disabilities in 15 developing countries using the World Health Survey (WHS). We find that people with disabilities have lower employment rates than persons without disabilities in nine countries. Across...

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Food Security, Gender, and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households

Floro, Maria Sagrario; Bali Swain, Ranjula - In: World Development 42 (2013) C, pp. 89-99

This paper examines an adaptive strategy using occupational choice that can be undertaken by household members in urban poor areas to help ensure their access to food. Our investigation focuses on self-employed women and men in 14 predominantly slum communities in Bolivia, Ecuador, Philippines,...

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Women’s Entry into Self-employment in Urban China: The Role of Family in Creating Gendered Mobility Patterns

Zhang, Qian Forrest; Pan, Zi - In: World Development 40 (2012) 6, pp. 1201-1212

How did family characteristics affect women and men differently in self-employment participation in urban China? Analyses of national data show dual marriage penalties for women. Marketization made married women more vulnerable to lay-offs from state-sector jobs; their likelihood of being pushed...

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Entrepreneurship and the Allocation of Government Spending Under Imperfect Markets

Islam, Asif - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 108-121

Previous studies have established a negative relationship between total government spending and entrepreneurship … activity. However, the relationship between the composition of government spending and entrepreneurship has been woefully under … individual-level entrepreneurship data we find a positive relationship between increasing the share of social and public goods at …

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Evolution of entrepreneurship and organizational configurations at Zildjian, 1623–2010

Anwar, Syed; Tariq, Susan - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 9 (2011) 3, pp. 175-194

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Are born globals really born globals? The case of academic spin-offs with long development periods

Pettersen, Inger; Tobiassen, Anita - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 10 (2012) 2, pp. 117-141

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Dynamic capabilities in entrepreneurial firms: A case study approach

Aramand, Majid; Valliere, Dave - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 10 (2012) 2, pp. 142-157

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Engaging diasporas as international entrepreneurs in developing countries: In search of determinants

Nkongolo-Bakenda, Jean-Marie; Chrysostome, Elie - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 11 (2013) 1, pp. 30-64

international entrepreneurship and reducing poverty, a theoretical foundation and framework is needed to explain this impact. This … study explores a theoretical foundation of the diaspora entrepreneurship. A framework identifying the determinants of the … international entrepreneurship depends on the level of altruistic motivation, need of social recognition, entrepreneurial …

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Spending allocation and entrepreneurship

Nica, Mihai - In: Journal of International Entrepreneurship 11 (2013) 4, pp. 351-369

The continuous interest that researchers show toward entrepreneurship rests with the importance attached to it by both … academia and lawmakers who link it to economic growth and job creation. Assuming that in certain circumstances entrepreneurship …

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