This paper i) documents the extent and cyclicality of self-employment entry and exit flows; ii) explores transitions to and from self-employment; and iii) investigates the influence of individual characteristics and labour market experience as well as macroeconomic conditions on the probability...

Le present document i) examine l'envergure et la cyclicite du flux de creation et de disparition des emplois autonomes; ii) explore les transitions liees a ces mouvements; iii) evalue l'incidence de caracteristiques individuelles et de l'experience du marche du travail ainsi que de conditions...

This paper highlights recent developments in self-employment in Canada and explores its relationship to unemployment/full-time paid-employment. There are now two and a half million Canadians working at their own businesses, amounting to 16.2% of the total labour force or accounting for 17.8% of...