This dissertation examines the emergence of the gig economy under the impact of
digitalisation, focusing on one alternative form of work–freelancing. Over the past two …

Resumen¿ Qué factores determinan el desempeño de las pequeñas empresas con cinco o
menos empleados? Con base en un marco conceptual ya utilizado en Argentina y en …

La perception dominante de l'entrepreneuriat, notamment dans les pays développés, est
celle d'une activité risquée, dynamique et entreprise volontairement par une certaine …

This dissertation studies the employment effects of cash transfers in a segmented labor
market. The first and main chapter shows that an unconditional cash transfer program …

What determines performance among small businesses with five employees or less in
Mexico? Based on a conceptual framework already used in Argentina and on previous …

The links between employment and the well-being of people has attracted in recent times
the growing interest of researchers in academic, governmental, and non-governmental …

This dissertation is a compilation of three papers that put together my research interests on
the effects of institutions on development outcomes with inequality as the connecting thread …

Using survey data from rural Vietnam, this paper documents a statistically significant,
positive effect of self-employment in farming on subjective well-being. Wage workers are …

We analyze the baseline and first follow-up round of a labor market survey conducted with
1244 youth from urban areas in Benin. Early analysis shows that youth activity is more …