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The Nature Of Self-Employment In Urban Ethiopia

Ethiopian Journal of Economics

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Title The Nature Of Self-Employment In Urban Ethiopia
 
Creator Haile, GA
 
Description Various studies on the Ethiopian economy in general and the urban sector in particular have stated about the staggering level of unemployment in the country. Rapidly growing population and a less than satisfactory performance in economic growth over the years, among others, are to blame for this situation. That the unemployment situation is particularly rampant among the youth which constitutes over a third of the population calls for an urgent intervention aimed at improving the fate of the unemployed. Promoting self-employment forms an integral part of any intervention aimed at reducing unemployment. Given this, studying the determinants of self-employment is essential by way of informing concerned parties as to factors important in encouraging self-employment. As well as surveying the relevant literature, the study undertakes an empirical investigation into the nature of self-employment using data from a unique panel data set, the Ethiopian Urban Socio-Economic Survey. Findings of the study give some evidence that self-employment is largely a route out of unemployment rather than being something driven by entrepreneurship. It also finds a declining trend in the patterns of self-employment over the study period. Very few studies have looked into issues relating to self-employment in the context of developing countries in general, and none in the case of Ethiopia. As such, this study serves an important role shedding some light on issues pertaining to self-employment.Key words: Self-employment; urban Ethiopia
 
Publisher Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA), 1997
 
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Date 2009-09-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eje/article/view/46193
10.4314/eje.v17i1.46193
 
Source Ethiopian Journal of Economics; Vol 17, No 1 (2008)
1993-3681
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eje/article/view/46193/32595
 
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