Self-employment within the firm

Working paper 10 Sep 2024 Firms

This paper uses data from a sample of 1,000 manufacturing firms in Uganda, finding that they more closely resemble collections of self-employed individuals sharing production spaces than modern firms in which labour is specialised.

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Countries: Uganda
Regions: Africa

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Self-employment within the firm

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Vittorio Bassi

Jung Hyuk Lee

Alessandra Peter

Tommaso Porzio

Ritwika Sen

Esau Tugume

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Jung Hyuk Lee

Alessandra Peter

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Ritwika Sen

Esau Tugume

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