Family Hardship and the Growth of Micro and Small Firms in Indonesia

Rasyad Parinduri

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2014, vol. 50, issue 1, 53-73

Abstract: I examine what happens to the total assets of micro and small firms in Indonesia when their owners experience hardship such as the death or sickness of family members, crop losses, or natural disasters. Using a representative sample of firm owners, I find that deaths of family members reduce the assets of such firms, that the adverse effects of these are long-lasting and economically large, and that the smaller the firms the greater the magnitude of these effects. There is no evidence, however, that the sickness of family members, crop losses, or natural disasters reduce firms' assets. These results suggest that only severe family hardship impedes the growth of micro and small firms.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2014.896237

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