Unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity
Analyzing a cross-country panel of 16 OECD countries from 2002 to 2005, we find that higher unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity. Our results hold regardless of entrepreneurial motivation (necessity or opportunity) and entrepreneurial type (imitative or innovative).
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2009
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Authors: | Koellinger, Philipp ; Minniti, Maria |
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Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 103.2009, 2, p. 96-98
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | Entrepreneurship Business startups Unemployment benefits |
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