Is inequality bad for business? a nonlinear microeconomic model of wealth effects on self-employment
Data on occupational choice among return migrants in Tunisia reveal that higher inequality of wealth reduces the level of new business activity. The effect is not large, however. Even dramatic redistributions of wealth would not provide much stimulus to entrepreneurship
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C
World Bank, Development Research Group, Poverty and Human Resources
2001
|
| Series: | Policy research working paper
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Data on occupational choice among return migrants in Tunisia reveal that higher inequality of wealth reduces the level of new business activity. The effect is not large, however. Even dramatic redistributions of wealth would not provide much stimulus to entrepreneurship |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "January 2001"--Cover. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 23, 2002 |