Emergent economies suffer from underdeveloped market infrastructures and insufficient public institutions to enforce contract commitments and property rights. Informal reputation-based arrangements may substitute for government enforcement but they require close-knit networks that enable...

As global migration numbers have continued to increase over the last thirty years, so have the number of self-employed immigrants. Faced with the task of integrating into the destination country’s labor market, millions of immigrants turn to self-employment. Nonetheless, it still remains...