Modelling the incidence of self-employment has traditionally proved problematic. Whilst the individual supply side characteristics of the self-employed are well documented, the literature has largely neglected (or misspecified) demand side aspects. In this paper we present results from an econometric framework that allows us to separately, and simultaneously, model the supply and demand side ch...

the goal of human development as can be understood by concept is to benefit every person in his / her life. it means improvement in living quality & standards. while the extension of employment and increasing of income are necessary , they are not the goals of development, but means to extend human development. the goal of development is to grow and extend of human abilities. human development ...

In this work we investigate the possible job-creation impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, focusing on supply side, where development these technologies can be conceived as product innovations in upstream sectors. The empirical analysis is based a worldwide longitudinal sample (obtained by merging EPO PATSTAT and BvD-ORBIS databases) more than 3,500 front-runner companies that p...

Non-farm household enterprises are important for a number of reasons to do with poverty and employment creation. They could either be the first unit of microentrepreneurship or a coping strategy for the poorest. Either way, over 11 percent of India’s prime working age population is self-employed in these enterprises. Moreover, they are important also because they are most likely to be informal ...

V.1 A high rate of labour-absorbing growth ...................................................................... 2 V.2 Promoting the self-employment of the poor by converting them into productive entrepreneurs............................................................................................. 4 V.3 Increasing the productivity of the poor workers both in wage employment and in self-emp...

As social and economic forces impact business practices, the significance of delivering effective employer-driven, employment services (i.e., demand-side model) to facilitate employment and retention for individuals who have not traditionally benefited from labor force participation is of increased importance. The purpose of this paper is to provide descriptions of two public-private partnershi...