Self-Employment in the Developing World

This paper analyzes heterogeneity among the self-employed in 74 developing countries, representing two-thirds of the population of the developing world. After profiling how worker characteristics vary by employment status, it classifies self-employ...

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Main Authors:	Gindling, T. H., Newhouse, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL LABOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT ENTREPRENEURS FAMILY WORKERS FIRM SIZE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGH INCOME HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLD_HEAD HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME COUNTRY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOUR LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME MIDDLE INCOME MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES PERFORMERS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY LINE PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE PRESENTED EVIDENCE PROBIT REGRESSIONS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETIREMENT RISK AVERSION RURAL RURAL AREAS SALARIED EMPLOYMENT SALARIED WORKER SALARIED WORKERS SALARY SELF-EMPLOYED SMALL FARMERS TARGETING UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS WAGE WAGE EARNER WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE SECTOR WAGES WEALTH WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16867195/self-employment-developing-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12090

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12090

Self-Employment in the Developing World

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