While much has been written on the quantity of jobs created by entrepreneurs, scholars have yet to examine the quality of these jobs. This paper begins to fill this gap by examining nearly 5,000 businesses that began operations in 2004. We investigate the extent to which nascent employers...

Microfinance is regarded as a lynchpin in private sector solutions to a host of complex social challenges, from child labor, education, and women's rights, through to sustainable local economic development. The principle of self-help through capital accumulation in the US inner city looks...