There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of existing jobs, providing more opportunities for people to start businesses is a key policy option. But empirical evidence to support this idea is slight, and economic...
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2019/09/12
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS9007
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2019/09/12
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Self-Employment and Migration
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Giambra,Samuele; Mckenzie,David J..
Self-Employment and Migration (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9007 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981521568303685878