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Migrant Tenure Abroad and the Differential Impact of Remittances for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Cummings, Michael E. - 2020
We use social identity and agency logic to theorize and test hypotheses about how migrants' different abilities and motivations tied to tenure abroad change the impact of their remittances on venture investment back home. Regression and related analyses of remittances to 33 developing countries...
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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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Self-employment in the developing world
Gindling, Thomas; Newhouse, David Locke - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 56 (2014), pp. 313-331
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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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By choice and by necessity : entrepreneurship and self-employment in the developing world
Margolis, David N. - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 26 (2014) 4, pp. 419-436
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The risk preferences of entrepreneurs in Indonesia
Sohn, Kitae - In: Bulletin of economic research 69 (2017) 3, pp. 271-287
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Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries : well-designed entrepreneurship programs show promise for improving earnings and livelihoods of poor workers
Cho, Yoonyoung - 2015
Can entrepreneurship programs be successful labor market policies for the poor? A large share of workers in developing … poverty. Entrepreneurship programs provide business training and access to finance, advisory, and networking services with the …
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Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries : well-designed entrepreneurship programs show promise for improving earnings and livelihoods of poor workers
Cho, Yoonyoung - 2024
Can entrepreneurship programs be successful labor market policies for the poor? A large share of workers in developing …. Entrepreneurship programs provide access to finance (or assets) and advisory and networking services as well as business training with …
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Does access to formal finance matter for stimulating entrepreneurship in developing countries? Evidence from non-farm entrepreneurial activities in Nigeria
Adebowale, Olabimtan; Lawson, David - University of Manchester - 2018
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The coupling between entrepreneurship and public policy : tight in developed countries but loose in development countries
Schøtt, Thomas; Wickstrøm Jensen, Kent - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 2, pp. 195-214
In this paper we compare the coupling between entrepreneurship policy and entrepreneurship activity in developed and …) are more beneficial on paper than on actual activity. Following this perspective, the coupling between entrepreneurship … policy and entrepreneurship activity is hypothesized to be lower for developing countries than for developed countries. Using …
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