The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … large and comparable data sets or to conventional approaches that limit the possibilities to compare men and women. …

possibility that the relationship between self-employment and unemployment is not identical across nations; ii) circumvent … differing effects on unemployment, depending on the regime; and iv) analyze the dynamic effects of self-employment shocks on job … significant response of cyclical unemployment to shocks to self-employment but with differing intensities, depending on the level …

Earlier studies on entrepreneurship and self-employment among immigrants call attention to the fact that also the … the total variation in individual differences in self-employment can 14 % (men) respectively 16 % (women) be attributed to … "market" for self-employment or entrepreneurs consists of a supply and demand side as well as the interaction between these …

and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … of labor market programs on youth employment. We find that the slump in the 1990s has been associated with dramatic … increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age …

In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that shadow economy is an obstacle to entrepreneurship. The …

This paper defines informal sector employment and decomposes the difference in earnings between formal and informal … and considering self-selection of individuals into different employment types, we find a significant informal employment …

This paper evaluates the effects of a fall in payroll taxes on employment and wages in the presence of high labor … formality. The model suggests that the reform would increase total employment by between 0.3 to 0.5 percent and formal … employment by between 3.4 to 3.7 percent over the pre-reform scenario. In addition, formal wage rates would increase by 4 …

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 basis, we estimate the causal effect of UI cover on the self-employment …

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 basis, we estimate the causal effect of UI cover on the self-employment …