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Start-up success of freelancers: new microeconometric evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel
Merz, Joachim; Paic, Peter - 2006
If certain start-up characteristics will indicate a business success, knowing such characteristics could generate more successful start-ups and more efficient start-up counseling. Our study will contribute to this by quantifying individual success determinants of freelance start-ups. The data...
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Creative labour in the era of Covid‑19: The case of freelancers
Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Muszyński, Karol; … - 2021
solutions for freelancers working in the creative industries, who are among those have suffered the most from the economic … exclude many freelancers in the creative industries. Moreover, those who have been guaranteed access to national government … implementation of these measures. Finally, career development and employability are vulnerable areas for freelancers due to there …
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Self-employment and labor market risks
Audoly, Richard - 2024
I study the labor market risks associated with being self-employed. I document that the self-employed are subject to larger earnings fluctuations than employees and that they frequently transition into unemployment. Given the self-employed are not eligible to unemployment insurance, I analyze...
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Determinants of business success: an examination of Asian-owned businesses in the United States
Robb, Alicia M.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2007
Using confidential and restricted-access microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we find that Asian-owned businesses are 16.9 percent less likely to close, 20.6 percent more likely to have profits of at least $10,000, and 27.2 percent more likely to hire employees than white-owned businesses in...
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Savings and prize-linked savings accounts
Atalay, Kadir; Bakhtiar, Fayzan; Cheung, Stephen L.; … - 2012
Many households have insufficient savings to handle moderate and routine consumption shocks. Many of these financially fragile households also have the highest lottery expenditures as a proportion of income. This combination suggests that Prize-Linked Savings (PLS) accounts, that combine...
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Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners
van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2003
Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...
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Work-Life-Balance von Freelancern zwischen Realität und Idealvorstellung: Eine explorative Studie
Süß, Stefan; Sayah, Shiva - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 25 (2011) 3, pp. 247-268
In the past years, the number of freelancers has increased considerably - especially in the IT and media sectors. There … freelancers. However, there is a lack of empirical research on these implications. This article reduces the existing research gap …) influence the perception of work-life balance and therefore the freelancers' evaluation of their profession. …
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Entrepreneurship: Cause or consequence of financial optimism?
Dawson, Christopher; De Meza, David Emmanuel; Henley, Andrew - 2012
Extant evidence that the self-employed overestimate their returns by more than employees do is consistent with two mutually inclusive possibilities. Self-employment may generate optimism or optimists may be drawn to self-employment. This paper finds that employees who will be self-employed in...
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Die Einkommenssituation von Selbstständigen und die Inanspruchnahme staatlicher Leistungen auf Basis des SGB II
Pahnke, André; May-Strobl, Eva; Schneck, Stefan - 2014
Auf Grundlage des Panels Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung wird in der vorliegenden Studie die Einkommenssituation von Selbstständigen untersucht. Im Blickpunkt stehen dabei nicht nur die sozio-ökonomischen Merkmale der Selbstständigen in der Grundsicherung, sondern auch mögliche Ursachen...
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Persistenz von Selbstständigen in der Grundsicherung
Pahnke, André; Schneck, Stefan; Wolter, Hans-Jürgen - 2019
Die vorliegende Untersuchung setzt sich mit der Situation von Selbstständigen in der Grund-sicherung auseinander. Ursächlich für den Bezug von ergänzenden Leistungen der Grundsi-cherung sind in den meisten Fällen deutlich rückläufige Einkommen. Tatsächlich ist die Ein-kommenssituation...
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