Is Self-employment and Micro-entrepreneurship a Desired Outcome?

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1914-1925

  Mandelman, Federico S ^a   Montes Rojas, Gabriel V ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; business cycles; Latin America; micro firms; self employment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; ENTREPRENEUR; MARKET TRANSITION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARGENTINA; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449096103     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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