individuals starting a business after a period of long-term unemployment and those individuals with a lack of better employment …

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 …

Unemployment and proprietorship can be related in several ways. As unemployment increases, individuals with fewer job … unemployment is the result of a depressed economy, higher unemployment may lead to less demand for the products and services of … businesses grow. This can potentially reduce unemployment in the long run. We apply a panel vector autoregressive model to …

With the economic crisis acknowledged in 2008, unemployment strongly increased – mostly due to the fall in the …

This paper develops a search and matching model of equilibrium unemployment, with on-the-job search, extended to both … the informal sector and entrepreneurship. Three are the key features of this model: the entrepreneurial ability affects … large, an increase in labour market tightness increases the unemployment rate and then the ‘vacancies-unemployment …

A matching model will explain both unemployment and economic growth by considering the underground sector. Three … between underground employment and unemployment, and (iii) between growth and unemployment. The key assumptions adopted are … underground firms, employ unskilled labour, and do not contribute to growth. Underground employment alleviates unemployment only …

We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …

conditions are a major determinant of entrepreneurship. Higher local unemployment rates are found to increase the probability … opportunities in the wage/salary sector leaving the net effect on entrepreneurship ambiguous. The most up-to-date microdata … entrepreneurship at the individual level to shed light on this question. Regression estimates indicate that local labor market …

A matching model will explain both unemployment and economic growth by considering the underground sector. Three … between underground employment and unemployment, and (iii) between growth and unemployment. Key assumptions are that … contribute to growth. Underground employment alleviates unemployment only if the monitoring rate is sufficiently low. …

business. We study whether this reform affects the composition of people who are drawn into entrepreneurship. New firms started …