Who Are the Microenterprise Owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto

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...

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Main Authors: de Mel, Suresh, McKenzie, David, Woodruff, Christopher
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9474330/microenterprise-owners-evidence-sri-lanka-tokman-v-de-soto
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6696

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