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dc.contributor.authorDe Mel, Sureshen
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorWoodruff, Christopheren
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-25-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:29:56Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:29:56Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008060556en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34838-
dc.description.abstractIs the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of larger firms. We use a rich set of measures of background, ability, and attitudes, including lottery experiments measuring risk attitudes. Consistent with the ILO´s views of the self employed (represented by Tokman), we find that 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the own account workers have characteristics which are more like wage workers than larger firm owners. This suggests the majority of the own account workers are unlikely to become employers. Using a two and a half year panel of enterprises, we show that the minority of own account workers who are more like larger firm owners are more likely to expand by adding paid employees. The analysis suggests that finance is not the sole constraint to growth of microenterprises, and provides an explanation for the low rates of growth of enterprises supported by microlending.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3511en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEntrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordself-employmenten
dc.subject.keywordDe Sotoen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwSelbstständigeen
dc.subject.stwPersönlichkeitspsychologieen
dc.subject.stwRisikopräferenzen
dc.subject.stwInformeller Sektoren
dc.subject.stwMikrofinanzierungen
dc.subject.stwSri Lankaen
dc.titleWho are the microenterprise owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn569673917en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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