producing employment growth and in reducing unemployment than most continental-European OECD-countries. It is argued that the …

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, high … unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the “refugee” effect). On the other hand, higher … rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing unemployment in subsequent periods (the …

rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …

reducing unemployment compared to most continental European OECD countries. As a rule they have also been and are still ahead …

significant effect on the overall extent of integration into employment. Regarding post-unemployment job quality, we find no …

reducing unemployment compared to most continental European OECD countries. As a rule they have also been and are still ahead …

also some evidence that more flexibility leads to lower unemployment rates and to lower rates of long-term unemployment … introduce more unemployment persistence. …