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Business Size, Development, and Inequality in Latin America: A Tale of One Tail

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dc.contributor.authorEslava, Marcela
dc.contributor.authorMeléndez, Marcela
dc.contributor.authorTenjo, Laura
dc.contributor.authorUrdaneta, Nicolás
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-10T14:15:40Z
dc.date.available2023-10-10T14:15:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-10
dc.description.abstractUsing official employment surveys for 45 advanced economies and Latin American countries, this paper shows that the positive cross-country correlation between business size and GDP per capita is tighter than previously found using firm-level datasets and finds a close negative business size-Gini relationship. The paper also finds a closer connection between individual income and business size for workers in less developed countries compared with those in advanced economies. Because employment data address the bias against the smallest productive units that characterize firm-level datasets, our approach uniquely assesses and highlights the dominance of the left tail of the business size distribution in less developed countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099316010062340644/IDU0b81563c90346f04e980ae2507c324b92013d
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10584
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40446
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10584
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBUSINESS SIZE
dc.subjectFIRM-LEVEL DATASETS
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectMICRO-ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING ECONOMIES BUSINESS DATA
dc.titleBusiness Size, Development, and Inequality in Latin Americaen
dc.title.subtitleA Tale of One Tailen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://reproducibility.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/66 Link to data and reproducibility package
okr.crossref.titleBusiness Size, Development, and Inequality in Latin America: A Tale of One Tail
okr.date.disclosure2023-10-06
okr.date.lastmodified2023-10-06T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099316010062340644/IDU0b81563c90346f04e980ae2507c324b92013d
okr.guid099316010062340644
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10584
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10584
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34175989
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34175989
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okr.region.geographicalLatin America
okr.region.geographicalCaribbean
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Private Sector Economics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitChief Economist (LCRCE)
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