This paper examines the determinants of self-employment success for microcredit borrowers. Theories of social capital and neighbourhood effects are integrated in an attempt to account for earnings differentials amongst a unique sample of microfinance borrowers. The paper posits that social...

The determinants of microborrower success, focusing on the influence of social capital and neighborhood effects on earning differentials among borrowers, are explored.A cross-sectional data set is compiled using survey information, as well as administrative files, from small businesses that...