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 …

, regular employment has been withdrawn in favour of temporary employment or self-employment. There is a special social security … due to its popularity. The analysis in this paper focuses on the employment development of of musicians, performing … and characteristics of the artistic labour markets, as working patterns, earnings, human capital and employment status …

the core family structure and contacts with parents and children away (in Britain) increases the probability of self-employment … employment. Finally, disaggregating different types of social networks along their compositional characteristics, we find that …-ethnic social networks facilitates paid employment among minority individuals. These findings hint at a positive role of social …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … very important but specific function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth … studies show that entrepreneurial firms produce important spillovers that affect regional employment growth rates of all …

sorting into the sectors, models of the self-employment decision are estimated. Variables for the proportion of immigrants in … the population and average earnings ratios are used as instruments to control for self-selection into self-employment and …

-skilled occupations than natives, but the gap between the two groups decreased in the 1980?s. Given the high self-employment rates of this …-skilled natives are more likely to be self-employed than high-skilled immigrants. Models of the self-employment decision, controlling …

Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. In the United States, however, rates of self employment among … populations residing in Mexico and the U.S. accounts for the differences in the self employment rates in the two countries. Within … in the United States account for roughly half of the Mexican immigrant/U.S. total difference in self-employment rates for …

improved the position of white females. There has been a growth in incorporated self-employment rates of white women in …