than it was in 1989. Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as … satisfied than are employees, one consistent interpretation of the above is that the barriers to self-employment have grown in …

This paper deals with the consequence of public employment on labor market performances in 17 OECD countries over the … period 1960-2000. It is argued that public employment had an important crowding out e¤ect on the private sector and increased … the unemployment rate over this period. More precisely, empirical evidence suggests that the creation of one public job …

This paper analyses unemployment and employment dynamics in the urban Mexican labour market. We use amethod to … transitions between sectors; and the transitions from the two types of employment to unemployment. The model is estimated on … analysis of transitions from employment to unemployment. The transition risks from formal employment, that is to saymobility …

The determinants of self-employment are widely studied in the economic literature in recent twenty years. However, in … workers' choice between self-employment and wage employment in Vietnam. We emphasize the role of expected earnings …

their parents, as well as parental transfers which loosen the self-employment participation constraint. This result is found …

Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by …. The importance of self-employment in the overall distribution of jobs is determined by many factors, including social … protection systems, labor market frictions, the business environment, and labor market institutions. However, self-employment in …