Based on the notion that entrepreneurship is a 'local event' , the literature argues that selfemployed workers and … Germany and the UK whether the self-employed are less likely to move or migrate than employees. Using longitudinal data from …

Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self … changes. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP) we find that becoming self-employed is associated …

are more rooted in place are more likely to enter self-employment. The paper draws on large-scale panel data covering the …