Availability of (partial) insurance mechanisms is arguably important for the decision of (riskaverse) workers to start up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is available to both wage earners and self-employed on a voluntary...

We study entrepreneurs’ behavioral responses of effort (moral hazard) to avoid business failure.This is done in the context of an unemployment insurance scheme for self-employed, wherewe estimate how much of the transition probability to unemployment can be causally attributedto being insured....

The study is aimed to highlight the particularities of the procesual organization and structural organization in the SMEs, starting from the main variables that have influence on them. After presenting these variables, it is necessary to approach the specific parameters of the procesual...

The economic science, that proved its viability, and the practice of economic evolution of different countries strongly argue the major decisive role held by the SMEs in the economic activity within whichever country. SMEs’s special importance results from the fact that they are the principal...

In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...

This discussion paper led to the publication in the <I>Journal of Economic Psychology</I> 2012, 33(2), 410-424.<P> In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have...</p></i>