id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_i22xspbae5dcvnm5rldekn6j4u John Page Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa 2015 21 .pdf application/pdf 7475 588 67 that small and large formal sector firms create similar numbers of net jobs. 'good' jobs aid should target the constraints to the growth of firms of all sizes. Keywords: aid, small enterprise, employment, firm exit, Africa show that about half of new jobs in Africa are created in firms with 5-19 workers, but the data do 2 The development orthodoxy that smaller firms are more efficient at job creation appears to be largely the product expected job growth for large and small firms is essentially the same. employees which we define as small enterprises in the African context, firms in the size ranges Small firms in Africa create a disproportionate share of new jobs in those economies in which survive create more jobs the number of new workers hired by small and large firms over the countries, the wage differential between large and small firms for similar job categories is as Small firms create low-wage jobs ./cache/work_i22xspbae5dcvnm5rldekn6j4u.pdf ./txt/work_i22xspbae5dcvnm5rldekn6j4u.txt