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Searching for truffles! Identifying, Creating and Developing Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Léger-Jarniou, Catherine; Bjerke, Björn; Harrison, Pegram - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
opportunities in the entrepreneurship field. Most scholars agree that the opportunity identification process is a central concept … for entrepreneurship, but further research in opportunity exploration, recognition, and exploitation in diverse contexts … is needed. Identification of a marketable opportunity which promises significant prospect of gain is an important initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074473
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Intergenerational Transmission of Self-Employed Status in the Informal Sector: A Constrained Choice or Better Income Prospects? Evidence from seven West-African Countries
Pasquier-Doumer, Laure - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
This paper aims at highlighting the debate on firm heterogeneity in the informal sector by testing whether entrepreneurial familial background impacts informal businesses outcomes in the West African context. In the USA, a literature aiming at understanding the high intergenerational correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708619
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Education and Labour Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan West Africa
Kuépié, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Roubaud, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of education on urban labour market participation and earnings in seven major West African cities. Our results show that although education does not always guard against unemployment, it does increase individual earnings in Abidjan, Bamako,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720288
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Education et marchés du travail à Brazzaville et Pointe Noire (Congo-Brazzaville)
Kuépié, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074564
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Informal versus Formal: A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Madagascar
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Rakotomanana, Faly; Roubaud, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
In spite of its predominant economic weight in developing countries, little is known about informal sector income dynamics vis-à-vis the formal sector. Some works have been done in this field using household surveys, but they only consider some emerging Latin American countries (Argentina,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074340
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L’Emploi, le Chômage et les Conditions d’Activité en République Démocratique du Congo : Principaux résultats de la phase 1 de l’Enquête 1-2-3 2004-2005
Makabu Ma Nkenda, Thimotée; Mba, Martin; Torelli, Constance - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
Democratic Republic of Congo has known dramatic events for the last three decades. Statistical social economic data did not exist really or not available in the period. The Labour force survey, the first phase of the 1-2-3 survey, carried out in 2004-2005 and conducted by the National Statistic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074347
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Le secteur informel en milieu urbain en République Démocratique du Congo : Performances, insertion, perspectives. Principaux résultats de la phase 2 de l’enquête 1-2-3 2004-2005...
Makabu Ma Nkenda, Thimotée; Mba, Martin; Merceron, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
Democratic Republic of Congo has known dramatic events for the last three decades. Statistical social economic data did not exist really or not available in the period. The Informal Sector survey, the second phase of the 1-2-3 survey, carried out in 2004-2005 and conducted by the National...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074432
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Who Suffers the Penalty? A Panel Data Analysis of Earnings Gaps in Vietnam
Roubaud, François; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Nguyen, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
In spite of its predominant economic weight in developing countries, little is known about the informal sector earnings structure compared to that of the formal sector. Taking advantage of the rich VHLSS dataset in Vietnam, in particular its three wave panel data (2002, 2004, 2006), we assess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166451
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Le marché du travail en République Démocratique du Congo en 2012 : Principaux résultats de la Phase 1 de l’Enquête 1-2-3
Kankwanda, Grégoire; Makabu Ma Nkenda, Timothée; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
The second wave of the 1-2-3 survey was carried out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2012. It allows for important insights on basic socio-economic indicators for the first time since the first wave was carried out in 2004-2005. The present survey differs from the previous one in that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011193766
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La création d'entreprises innovantes, Panorama et défis
Vellin, Dominique - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
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