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Social networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship
Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, the concentration of Korean self-employment in dry cleaners is 34 times greater than other immigrant groups, and...
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Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
Ghani, Ejaz - 2013
The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not … necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized manufacturing sector is due to …. Most of these new female-owned businesses are opened in the household and at a small scale, about a third of the size of a …
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The Transformation of Self Employment
Colaiacovo, Innessa; Dalton, Margaret G.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Over the past half-century, while self-employment has consistently accounted for around one in ten of the United States workforce, its composition has changed. Since 1970, industries with high startup capital requirements have declined from 53% of self-employment to 23%. This same time period...
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The transformation of self employment
Colaiacovo, Innessa; Dalton, Margaret; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; … - 2022
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Female Business Ownership and Informal Sector Persistence
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2014
The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not … necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized manufacturing sector is due to …. Most of these new female-owned businesses are opened in the household and at a small scale, about a third of the size of a …
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Spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz; Kerr, William R.; O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2011
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Is India's manufacturing sector moving away from cities?
Ghani, Ejaz; Grover, Arti; Kerr, William R. - 2012
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What Makes Cities More Competitive? : Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India
Ghani, Ejaz - 2012
, boost economic growth, and promote job creation. The authors examine the spatial location of entrepreneurs in India in … patterns are true for manufacturing and services. These relationships are much stronger in India than those found for the … United States. The authors also find strong evidence of agglomeration economies in India's manufacturing sector. This …
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What Explains Big Gender Disparities in India? : Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship
Ghani, Ejaz - 2012
in India. What explains these huge gender disparities? Is it poor infrastructure, limited education, and gender … female entrepreneurs? This paper analyzes the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing …
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Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?
Ghani, Ejaz - 2012
the informal sector is moving from rural to urban locations. Although the secular trend for India's manufacturing … strains than those focused only on the formal sector. Cities are evolving in India from places of goods production to forges …
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