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Involuntary entrepreneurship in Germany
Welter, Friederike (contributor); Kolb, Susanne (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003479723
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Entering and leaving self-employment : a panel data analysis for 12 developing countries
Cho, Yoonyoung; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose M. - 2015
This paper examines the determinants of labor market transitions into and out of self-employment (own-account work and employer), using panel data from 12 developing countries in multiple regions. Despite cross-country heterogeneity, a few consistent patterns emerge. Entering the labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346629
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Wage employment, unemployment and self-employment across countries
Poschke, Markus - 2019
Poor countries have low rates of wage employment and high rates of self-employment. This paper shows that they also have high rates of unemployment relative to wage employment, and that self-employment is particularly high where the unemployment-wage employment ratio is high. I interpret high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019270
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The implications of worker and firm heterogeneity for unemployment and selfemployment in Ethiopia
Poschke, Markus - International Growth Centre <London> - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694852
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Self-employment in urban China : entrepreneurship or disguised unemployment?
Ma, Xinxin; Li, Shi - In: China & world economy 30 (2022) 1, pp. 166-195
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Insurance, entrepreneurial start-up, and performance
Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2014
positive for would-be entrepreneurs, in contrast to correlations in the data or uninstrumented estimates. Using firm data, we … also investigate how the newly insurance-induced entrepreneurs fare relative to their uninsured peers. Results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338727
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Insurance, entrepreneurial start-up, and performance
Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2014
positive for would-be entrepreneurs, in contrast to correlations in the data or uninstrumented estimates. Using firm data, we … also investigate how the newly insurance-induced entrepreneurs fare relative to their uninsured peers. Results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259625
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Social insurance and entrepreneurship : the effect of unemployment benefits on new-business formation
Xu, Wenjian - In: Strategic entrepreneurship journal : SEJ 16 (2022) 3, pp. 522-551
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013401965
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Age effects on entry into entrepreneurship of the unemployed, employed and self-employed
Cheraghi, Maryam; Simarasl, Nastaran - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and small … 42 (2021) 3, pp. 259-281
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510171
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The impact of risk aversion, role models, and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-emloyment : empirical evidence for Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357710