TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Margolis, David N.
        TI  - By Choice and by Necessity: Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in the Developing World
        PY  - 2014/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8273
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8273
        AB  - Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall distribution of jobs is determined by many factors, including social protection systems, labor market frictions, the business environment, and labor market institutions. However, self-employment in the developing world tends to be low productivity employment, and as countries move up the development path, the availability of wage employment grows and the mix of jobs changes.
        KW  - self-employment
KW  - entrepreneurship
KW  - development
        ER  -