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Lay, J.

(Jann Lay)


capital sector entrepreneur return capital stock stock household table group level activity gazelle country value effect business owner enterprise percent share survey income wealth survivalist top-performer constraint labor result market sample credit source family growth development characteristic investment 5.5 evidence author number phase study estimate world fi rms employment variable labour model regression *** &5.5 kinship ties difference industry capital stocks paper &5. factor production heterogeneity worker review service 5.3 distribution 0 0 distance member quartile 1-2-3 surveys africa research coefficient proxy credit constraints transport accumulation authors review




8 Most Recent Publications

Constrained Gazelles: High Potentials in West Africa's Informal Economy (Article)
Grimm, M. Knorringa, P. Lay, J.
2012-07-01
Constrained gazelles. High potentials in West Africa’s informal economy (Research Paper)
Grimm, M. Knorringa, P. Lay, J.
2012-03-09
Credit‐constrained in risky activities? The determinants of the capital stocks of micro and mall firms in Western Africa (Research Paper)
Lange, S. Lay, J. Grimm, M.
2012-01-01
Constrained firms, not subsistence activities: evidence on capital returns and accumulation in Peruvian microenterprises (Research Paper)
Grimm, M. Göbel, K. Lay, J.
2012-01-01
Credit-constrained in risky activities? The determinants of the capital stocks of micro and small firms in Western Africa (Research Report)
Grimm, M. Lange, S. Lay, J.
2012-01-01
Barriers To Entry And Returns To Capital In Informal Activities: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa (Article)
Grimm, M. Krüger, J. Lay, J.
2011-05-01
Informal sector dynamics in times of fragile growth: the case of Madagascar (Research Paper)
Grimm, M. Lay, J. Vaillant, J. Roubaud, F.
2011-01-01
Kinship-ties and entrepreneurship in Western Africa (Research Report)
Grimm, M. Gubert, F. None Koriko, O. Lay, J. Nordman, C.J.
2010-01-01