Essays about: "informal self-employment"

Found 1 essay containing the words informal self-employment.

  1. 1. The Hidden Side of Enterprise : A Study of the Motivations Behind Informal Self Employment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Annika Olsson; [2015]
    Keywords : informal self-employment; ethnic enterprise; mixed-embeddedness; opportunity structure;

    Abstract : This investigation aims to explore the motivating factors behind the decision to engage in informal self-employment within ethnic economies. Through a series of semistructured qualitative interviews with Latin American immigrant women participating in informal self-employment in Stockholm, this study focuses on the ways in which agency and structure can influence economic decisions. READ MORE