When is your experience valuable? Occupation-industry transitions and self-employment success
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-017-0528-2
Abstract: The literature on employee spinoffs has, for a long time, stressed the importance of industry-specific skills and experiences in explaining the success of new firms. We argue that employees also develop skills that are associated… read more here.
Keywords: occupation industry; occupation; self employment; industry ... See more keywords
The relation between public assistance and self-employment in census tracts: a long-term perspective
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DOI: 10.1007/s00191-021-00746-3
Abstract: We present evidence on the long-term relationship between the breadth (the proportion of households) and depth (the amount per household) of public assistance and the prevalence of self-employment in US neighbourhoods. The analysis of decennial… read more here.
Keywords: self employment; long term; public assistance; census tracts ... See more keywords
Are mothers of young children more likely to be self-employed? The case of Sweden
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DOI: 10.1007/s11150-016-9349-6
Abstract: Previous studies, mostly from Anglo-Saxon countries, find a positive correlation between the presence of young children in the household and self-employment probabilities among women. This has been seen as an indication of women with young… read more here.
Keywords: work; self employment; family; young children ... See more keywords
Instant gratification: temporal discounting and self-employment
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9823-9
Abstract: Differences in temporal discounting could separate self-employed individuals from employees working for wages. Drawing on a sample of 13,198 individuals, from the 2012–2013 cross-sectional STEP Skills Measurement Survey, we find that higher temporal discounting is… read more here.
Keywords: instant gratification; self employment; temporal discounting; gratification temporal ... See more keywords
Entrepreneurial career paths: occupational context and the propensity to become self-employed
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-017-9917-z
Abstract: We investigate the relationship between characteristics of an occupation-specific environment and the decision of employees to start an own business. A relatively high occupation-specific unemployment risk and high earnings risk are conducive to opt for… read more here.
Keywords: career; self employment; career paths; entrepreneurial career ... See more keywords
Entry into self-employment and individuals’ risk-taking propensities
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00173-6
Abstract: Most of the existing empirical literature on self-employment decisions assumes that individuals’ risk-taking propensities are stable over time. We allow for endogeneity on both sides when examining the relationship between individual risk-taking propensities and entry… read more here.
Keywords: risk taking; entry self; individuals risk; taking propensities ... See more keywords
Performance and job creation among self-employed immigrants and natives in Sweden
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00223-z
Abstract: This paper uses individual-level panel data for all self-employed in the retail and service sectors to study how immigrant- and native-owned firms perform and contribute to job creation in Sweden. We use an individual fixed-effects… read more here.
Keywords: self employed; self employment; job creation; immigrants natives ... See more keywords
Self-employment and reason for migration: are those who migrate for asylum different from other migrants?
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00311-0
Abstract: This paper explores differences in the likelihood of engaging in self-employment among migrants who moved for different reasons to the UK. The results suggest that, conditional on being in employment, those who initially migrated for… read more here.
Keywords: self employment; reason migration; migration migrate; employment reason ... See more keywords
The perceived well-being and health costs of exiting self-employment
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-020-00374-4
Abstract: We explore how involuntary and voluntary exits from self-employment affect life and health satisfaction. To that end, we use rich longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1985 to 2017 and a difference-in-differences estimator.… read more here.
Keywords: perceived well; employment; well health; business ... See more keywords
Is Self-Employment a Good Option? Gender, Parents and the Work-Family Interface
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DOI: 10.1007/s11199-020-01195-1
Abstract: Self-employment is a career decision that is likely to be influenced by the gendered dynamics of work and care for parents of young children. We test a theoretical model investigating the effect a transition into… read more here.
Keywords: work; self employment; gender; work family ... See more keywords
Entrepreneurial motivation and self-employment: evidence from expectancy theory
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DOI: 10.1007/s11365-017-0441-z
Abstract: One effect of the economic crisis on the business world has been the drastic reduction in staff and this in turn highlights the need for self-employment and the creation of new companies to establish a… read more here.
Keywords: self employment; expectancy theory; entrepreneurial motivation; employment ... See more keywords