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| dc.title | Self-employment in the Andean Countries: Motivations and the Link to Productivity |
| dc.contributor.author | Leal Calderon, Zulima |
| dc.contributor.author | Chacón, Nelson |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Country Department Andean Group |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-31T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2017-10-01T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | We look at the possible channels in which self-employment can harm productivity outcomes in the Andean region and the motivations that incentive workers to opt for self-employment. We estimate quantile regressions with the purpose of identifying whether there is a monetary income premium for those at self-employment compared to wage earners at various levels of income. We find that there is a negative income premium for self-employed workers at the bottom 25% of the income distribution in the Andean countries, except for Venezuela, where although there is a positive income premium, the magnitude is very small to generate enough incentive to prefer self-employment. Our estimations also indicate that self-employed workers at the top 25% of the income distribution have larger positive income premiums. The evidence suggests two types of self-employed workers, one composed of higher income earners, and the other one by most workers, that given the absence of formal job opportunities choose self-employment, but would be better off in terms of income as dependent workers. |
| dc.format.extent | 30 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009370 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Self-employment-in-the-Andean-Countries-Motivations-and-the-Link-to-Productivity.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Productivity |
| dc.type | Technical Notes |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Technical Notes |
| idb.operation | RG-P1684 |