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Van Der Lugt, Sanne - 2011

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Three Essays on Firm Behavior and Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslav Republics.

Koman, Matjaz - 2009

This dissertation shows how the transformation of social ownership to private ownership affected the behavior of firms and entrepreneurship in selected former Yugoslav countries. The goal was to determine whether firms’ objective remains the maximization of income per worker and, on the other...

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Three Essays on Self-Employment Transitions, Organizational Capital, and Firm Formation

Deli, Fatma - 2011

This dissertation explores how economic, organizational, and personal factors affect self-employment transitions, occupational decisions, and firm formation activities of individuals at different positions in the skill distribution. The first essay of my dissertation studies how local...

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Inequality for wage earners and self-employed : evidence from panel data

Albarrán, Pedro; Carrasco, Raquel; Martínez-Granado, Maite - 2007

In this paper we study the evolution of income inequality for employees and self-employed workers. We highlight the importance of separately analyzing these different sources of income to gain a broader understanding of inequality. Using Spanish panel data on income and consumption from the ECPF...

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Characterisation of self-employment in Spain from a European perspective

García Perea, Pilar; Román, Concepción

Artículo de revista ; In Spain,self-employment currently accounts for 16% of those employed, a proportion slightly higher than the EU average. Compared with the prevailing structure among employees, it is males, the over-50s, those with a low level of educational attainment and those employed...

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The challenge of measuring digital platform work

Gómez García, Marina; Hospido Quintana, Laura

Artículo de revista ; The article presents an overview of digital platform work in Spain and analyses the challenge of quantifying this work in view of the lack of reliable and comprehensive data available. Digital platforms are technological infrastructures that act as intermediaries,...

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