Income Generation and Employment Generation by Selfemployment through Micro-entrepreneurship: A Comparative Study of Women Food-stall Owners (WFOs) of Dhubri district and Kokrajhar district of Assam
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 9
Abstract
Almost half of the world’s population consists of women. So, growth and development of the society could not be imagined without the well being of the female counterpart of the society. The present research is undertaken to study Women Food-stall Owners (WFOs) of Dhubri district and Kokrajhar district of Assam. The objectives of the research are (a) to compare the socio-economic background of WFOs of Dhubri and Kokrajhar district of Assam, (b) to compare the volume of income generation and employment generation by food-stall entrepreneurship to women of Dhubri and Kokrajhar district of Assam and (c) to examine the effects of the factors like age, education, number of family members, monthly investment and working hours of WFOs on Monthly return of WFOs. The study is based on mainly primary investigation, i.e., face to face interview of women food-stall owners (WFOs) of Dhubri district and Kokrajhar District, by using questionnaire tool. A total of 40 Women Foodstall Owners (WFOs) from Dhubri district and 42 WFOs from Kokrajhar district are selected by using simple random sampling technique. For presentation and analysis of data pie-chart, simple statistical as well as econometrical tools are applied. The research found that with lower investment and lower working hours per day, WFOs of Kokrajhar district generates higher income (benefit- cost ratio 1.44) and higher employment (69%) as compared to that of Dhubri district (benefit- cost ratio 1.41 and employment generation 52.5%). This is due to better market condition and higher effective demand in Kokrajhar district than Dhubri district. Among all other factors only monthly investment of WFOs affects monthly return of WFOs significantly in both Dhubri district and Kokrajhar district.
Authors and Affiliations
Jogomaya Paul, Dr. Mridula Devi
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