| dc.creator |
Gerardo Jacobs |
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| dc.date |
2007 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T07:07:15Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T07:07:15Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19871 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:560905688 |
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| dc.identifier |
RePEc:zbw:gdec07:6538 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19871 |
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| dc.description |
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. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
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| dc.relation |
Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 15 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
O12 |
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| dc.subject |
J24 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Occupational Choice |
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| dc.subject |
Human Capital |
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| dc.subject |
Economic Development |
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| dc.subject |
General Equilibrium |
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| dc.title |
An Occupational Choice Model for Developing Countries |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:conferenceObject |
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