Routes to the Informal Economy in New York's East Village: Crisis, Economics, and Identity

By K. Snyder. 2004

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Beyond necessity versus opportunity entrepreneurship: some lessons from English deprived urban neighbourhoods (2011, unknown): “Indeed, some have argued the inverse, depicting them as opportunity- rather than necessity-driven (Gerxhani 2004; Maloney 2004; Snyder 2004).”
Entrepreneurs Operating in the Informal Economy: Necessity or Opportunity Driven? (2007, unknown): “This is also the finding of Snyder (2004) in her study of informal entrepreneurs in New York City’s East Village neighborhood.”
Out of the shadows: a classification of economies by the size and character of their informal sector (2014, background): “, 2013) as well as the western world (Lazaridis and Koumandraki, 2003; OECD, 2012; Renooy et al., 2004; Small Business Council, 2004; Snyder, 2004; Venkatesh, 2008; Williams and Windebank, 1998).”
Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economy: An Overview (2010, unknown): “” Similarly, Snyder (2004), in her study of 50 informal entrepreneurs in New York City’s East Village, finds that all the informal entrepreneurs she studied did so out of choice, such as to set their careers on a new path, to transform their work identity or to reveal their true selves.”
Determinants of the Level of Informality of Informal Micro-Enterprises: Some Evidence from the City of Lahore, Pakistan (2016, background): “On the other hand, others have viewed informality more as a voluntary decision to “exit” the formal economy, rather than a result of involuntary exclusion (Cross 2000; Snyder 2004).”
Tackling the hidden enterprise culture: Government policies to support the formalization of informal entrepreneurship (2012, background): “As Snyder (2004) finds, all 50 informal entrepreneurs she studied in New York City’s East Village were doing so out of choice, such as to set their careers on a new path, to transform their work identity or to reveal their true selves.”
The motives of off-the-books entrepreneurs: necessity- or opportunity-driven? (2009, unknown): “Nor with the exception of Snyder (2004) has there been any consideration of whether off-the-books entrepreneurs’ motives shift over time.”
Young Entrepreneurs in the Mobile Telephony Sector in Ghana: From Necessities to Aspirations (2017, methodology): “…divide have focused on enterprises in Europe (Aidis et al., 2007; Smallbone & Welter, 2003; Williams & Youssef, 2014) and the Americas (Snyder, 2004; Williams, 2008) with little coverage given to the SSA situation and particularly among young people (though see Langevang et al. 2011…”
Beyond Necessity-Driven Versus Opportunity-Driven Entrepreneurship (2008, background): “If this study of the motives of informal entrepreneurs were to end its analysis here, then it would be one of the first studies to reveal that informal entrepreneurs are not either universally necessity-driven (Castells and Portes, 1989; Gallin, 2001; Portes and Walton, 1981; Raijman, 2001; Sassen, ”
Entrepreneurship and the Informal Sector (2009, methodology): “…enterprise culture has also begun to take hold in Western economies and post-socialist societies (Evans et al, 2006; Katungi et al, 2006; Lazaridis and Koumandraki, 2003; Llanes and Barbour, 2007; Renooy et al, 2004; Round and Williams, 2008; Round et al, 2008; Snyder, 2004; Williams 2004, 2006).”
Evaluating informal entrepreneurs' motives: evidence from Moscow (2009, unknown): “Nor with the exception of Snyder (2004) who notes that some informal entrepreneurs’ motives shift over time, has there been any consideration of whether this is more generally the case and if so, the direction in which their motives move.”