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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Gerardo Jacobs | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-01-28T16:08:27Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-01-28T16:08:27Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2007 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19871 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | Most occupational choice models introduce only two options for agents: entrepreneurial activities or wage-employment. However, these models represent inadequately the labor force distribution from developing countries, where an important proportion of the total work force are self-employed workers. Some models introduce self-employment as an occupational choice. These works have a common feature : at equilibrium, wage earners belong to the lower end of the income distribution. However, for a large set of developing countries, peasants and small proprietors are part of a self employment sector that can mostly be found in the lower end of the income distribution. In this work, in contrast with previous efforts, self-employment formation is consistent with data from most developing countries. We pay special attention to the conditions under which either the economy ends in a low income equilibrium, where self-employment is the only form of production; or alternatively, a high income equilibrium with a well developed labor market. We study some public policy issues, paying special attention to role of capital markets and the efficiency of schooling. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 15 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | O12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J24 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Occupational Choice | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Human Capital | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Economic Development | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | General Equilibrium | | en_US |
| dc.title | | An Occupational Choice Model for Developing Countries | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Conference Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 560905688 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, 2007 (Göttingen)
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