TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jayachandran, Seema
        TI  - Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries
        PY  - 2020/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12943
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp12943
        AB  - This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in low-income countries. Major themes in the literature include the determinants and consequences of joining the formal sector; the impacts of access to credit and other financial services; the impacts of business training; barriers to hiring; and the distinction between self-employment by necessity and self-employment as a calling. The article devotes special attention to unique issues that arise with female entrepreneurship.
        KW  - small businesses
KW  - female entrepreneurship
KW  - self-employment
KW  - informal sector
        ER  -