Is inequality bad for business? : a nonlinear microeconomic model of wealth effects on self-employment

Alice Mesnard, Martin Ravallion

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

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Alternative title:	Nonlinear microeconomic model of wealth effects on self-employment
Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Mesnard, Alice
Other Persons:	Ravallion, Martin (contributor)
Institutions:	World Bank / Development Research Group / Poverty and Human Resources (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington, D.C : World Bank, Development Research Group, Poverty and Human Resources
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Vermögenseffekt \| Wealth effect \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Unternehmensgründung \| Business start-up \| Entrepreneurship \| Entrepreneurship approach \| Tunesien \| Tunisia \| Liquiditätsbeschränkung \| Liquidity constraint \| Selbstständige \| Self-employed \| Rückwanderung \| Return migration

Extent:	Online-Ressource
Series:	Policy research working paper ; 2527
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	"January 2001"--Cover Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23) Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 23, 2002 Also available in print. Nonlinear microeconomic model of wealth effects on self-employment
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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