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Abstract:
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 theory offers several reasons why the self-employed may be more likely to migrate. This paper puts together panel surveys from eight... [+] Show more
Subjects: Migration; Labour market; Employment
Keywords: Economic factor; Self employment; Self employed; Employment creation; Labour mobility; Longitudinal data; Data analysis; Migration pattern; Employment pattern; Employment status; Benchmarking
Geographic subjects: China; India; Indonesia; Asia; Egypt; Nigeria; Tanzania; Africa; Mexico; United States; North America
Published: Washington, District of Columbia: World Bank, 2019
Physical description: 70 p.
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981521568303685878/Self-Employment-and-Migration