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Entering and leaving self-employment : a panel data analysis for 12 developing countries

Cho, Yoonyoung; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose M. - 2015

This paper examines the determinants of labor market transitions into and out of self-employment (own-account work and employer), using panel data from 12 developing countries in multiple regions. Despite cross-country heterogeneity, a few consistent patterns emerge. Entering the labor market...

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Entrepreneurship and economic development : theory, evidence and policy

Naudé, Wim - 2013

entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between … entrepreneurship and development; and (iii) fresh insights for entrepreneurship policy for development that emerges from recent …

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Drivers of entrepreneurship and post-entry performance of newborn firms in developing countries

Quatraro, Francesco; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013

particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …

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By choice and by necessity : entrepreneurship and self-employment in the developing world

Margolis, David N. - 2014

Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall...

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The dynamics of women’s labour supply in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010

This paper investigates cyclicality in women's labour supply motivated by the hypothesis that it contributes to smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1.1 million women in 63 developing and transition...

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Decomposition of differences in PISA results in middle income countries

Nieto, Sandra; Ramos, Raúl - 2014

Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational outcomes. With this aim, we use PISA microdata for 10 middle income and 2 high income countries and we apply decomposition methods in order to identify the role of these factors for...

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The economics of employment protection

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001

Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990) pioneering study. Having sketched the theoretical background, we chart the course of the modern empirical literature. We focus mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing...

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Can basic entrepreneurship transform the economic lives of the poor?

Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan Chandra; … - 2013

strengthens after assistance is withdrawn, leads to a 38% increase in earnings. Inculcating basic entrepreneurship, where severely …

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Entrepreneurship, institutions and skills in low-income countries

Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - 2017

This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment as well as skill gaps where one of the equilibrium outcomes is a low-productivity trap. The paper tests the implications of the model using a cross-sectional dataset including...

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Entrepreneurship in advanced and developing countries : a microeconomic perspective

Vivarelli, Marco - 2012

The purpose of this paper is to provide a contribution to the identification of the role of entrepreneurship in … economic growth by mapping out: 1) alternative ways of looking at entrepreneurship, distinguishing 'creative destruction' from … firm); and 4) the possible scope for an economic policy aimed at maximizing the impact of entrepreneurship on economic …

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