...Sridevi Yerrabati Purpose A lack of sufficient gainful employment opportunities in developing countries means that those at the bottom of the income ladder resort to self-employment for survival. While self-employment equalises inequality by providing earning opportunities to such individuals due...

...Sridevi Yerrabati Purpose With self-employment providing earning opportunities to many working poor in developing countries, the study examines its role in alleviating poverty. Design/methodology/approach A five-year average of 56 developing countries from 1995–2019 is used. The empirical...

...Sridevi Yerrabati Purpose The study aims to examine the non-linear relationship between self-employment and economic growth (growth) in the context of developing countries. Design/methodology/approach Data from a sample of 83 developing countries covering a period 2002–2015 is used...

...George Saridakis; Miguel Angel Mendoza; Rebeca I. Muñoz Torres; Jane Glover Purpose – Although a lot of research has been done on the link between self-employment and unemployment, often focusing on the short-run of the relationship, the long-run association between the two variables has...

...Dongxu Wu; Zhongmin Wu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of self-employment, using data from the British Household Panel Survey. Design/methodology/approach – Using the maximum likelihood estimation, the authors estimate the Probit models via...