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Suresh De Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Nov. 2008, Vol. 123 (4): 1329-1372.
Small and informal firms account for a large share of employment in developing countries. The rapid expansion of microfinance services is based on the belief that these firms have productive investment opportunities and can enjoy high returns to capital...
Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff. Chapter in "International Differences in Entrepreneurship," Joshua Lerner and Antoinette Schoar, eds. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008.
Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? This paper uses data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of...