Economic Returns to Social Capital in the Urban Informal Sector in Developing Countries: Micro Evidence from Small Textile Producers in Bolivia
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Keywords
Social Capital; Anonymous Trust; Informal Sector; Small Firms.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2005-11-12 (Development)
- NEP-SOC-2005-11-12 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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