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Taxation and Entrepreneurship in a Welfare State
Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Does tax policy affect the rate of self-employment in a modern welfare state? This question is analyzed empirically based on Swedish data for the entire post-war period. Available tax data indicate that payroll taxes have had a negative influence on the unincorporated rate of self-employment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979442
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Full Employment and the Welfare State.
Lindbeck, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996
What were the asserted complementarities between the welfare state and full-employment policies, and why do these complementarities look less convincing today?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486494
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Full Employment and the Welfare State
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
What were the asserted complementarities between the welfare state and full-employment policies, and why do these complementarities look less convincing today?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600207
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Compulsory Education and Jack-of-all-trades Entrepreneurs
Douhan, Robin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Can educational institutions explain occupational choice between wage employment and entrepreneurship? This paper … is more likely to enter into entrepreneurship. In the theoretical model proposed, abilities are an outcome of talent and …. Implications of the theory are tested using Swedish data for a school reform. Empirical results support the main theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025459
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Intelligence, Self-confidence and Entrepreneurship
Asoni, Andrea - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I … robust to controlling for selection into entrepreneurship and selection into college. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358944
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; van Praag, Mirjam - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963483
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Does College Education Reduce Small Business Failure?
Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we fi…nd no effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099536
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Jobs Incorporated: Incorporation Status and Job Creation
Åstebro, Thomas; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
. Using a dataset with over 24 million observations and more than 230,000 entries into entrepreneurship, we show that newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196681
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.
Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117
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FDI and Job Creation in China
Karlsson, Sune; Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; He, Ping - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
This paper examines the effect of FDI on job creation in the Chinese manufacturing sector. As one of the world’s largest recipients of FDI, China has arguably benefited from foreign multinational enterprises in various respects. However, one of the main challenges for China, and other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645395