Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment a Discrete Duration Analysis of Determinants and Stability of Self-Employment Among Former Unemployed
Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment a Discrete Duration Analysis of Determinants and Stability of Self-Employment Among Former Unemployed

Author: Frank Reize

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

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The paper investigates the determinants and the success of self-employment among former unemployed. Self-employment has become an important re-employment opportunity during the last decade due to increasing subsidies. The econometric analysis is carried out using discrete hazard rate models on 14 waves of the German Socio- Economic Panel, covering the period from 1983 to 1996. I do not find any effects of unemployment duration on the transition from unemployment to selfemployment. Moreover, unemployed people entering self-employment have higher skills than the average of the unemployed population and self-employment seems to be more stable than paid-employment would have been because people face a lower risk of becoming unemployed again.

Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment
Leaving Unemployment for Self-Employment

Author: Frank Reize

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 3790826855

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The book presents an analysis of the transition from unemployment to self-employment and its subsidisation with the so-called "bridging allowance" in Germany. On the basis of econometric models, the determinants and the success of self-employment among former unemployed are estimated at the individual as well as at the firm level. By comparing different groups of the formerly unemployed, it becomes evident that self-employment is one successful route out of unemployment, as self-employment proves to be more stable than paid-employment. Therefore, the bridging allowance reaches its aim of regaining stable employment for the unemployed. However, this programme fails to create additional employment in the newly founded firms.

The Reemergence of Self-Employment
The Reemergence of Self-Employment

Author: Richard Arum

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2009-01-10

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 140082611X

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This book presents results of a cross-national research project on self-employment in eleven advanced economies and demonstrates how and why the practice is reemerging in modern societies. While traditional forms of self-employment, such as skilled crafts work and shop keeping, are in decline, they are being replaced by self-employment in both professional and unskilled occupations. Differences in self-employment across societies depend on the extent to which labor markets are regulated and the degree to which intergenerational family relationships are a primary factor structuring social organization. For each of the eleven countries analyzed, the book highlights the extent to which social background, educational attainment, work history, family status, and gender affect the likelihood that an individual will enter--and continue--a particular type of self-employment. While involvement with self-employment is becoming more common, it is occurring for individuals in activities that are more diverse, unstable and transitory than in years past.

From Unemployment to Self-employment
From Unemployment to Self-employment

Author: Alex Bryson

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 136

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Using data from three waves of the Restart Cohort Survey conducted in 1989-1991, estimates how advantageous self-employment is as a route out of long-term unemployment relative to full-time and part-time employment, in terms of the time taken to enter a job, job stability, earnings, and subsequent unemployment avoidance.

From Unemployment to Self-employment
From Unemployment to Self-employment

Author: Alex Bryson

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780853746904

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Using data from three waves of the Restart Cohort Survey conducted in 1989-1991, estimates how advantageous self-employment is as a route out of long-term unemployment relative to full-time and part-time employment, in terms of the time taken to enter a job, job stability, earnings, and subsequent unemployment avoidance.

Determinants of Self-Employment Survival in Europe
Determinants of Self-Employment Survival in Europe

Author: José María Millán

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

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This paper investigates the determinants of self-employment survival in Europe in two stages. The first one focuses on the effect of variables at the individual level, while the second raises questions regarding specific regional factors through the introduction of macro variables. In conducting this analysis, discrete choice models, including both single and competing risks frameworks, are applied to data drawn from the European Community Household Panel from 1994 to 2001. Different destination states are considered: paid-employment, unemployment and inactivity. This allows us to search for the underlying determinants of these different hazards. The results suggest a positive impact on survival of formal education and previous experience within the labour market. In addition, we find that entering self-employment from unemployment has a strong negative effect on survival within self-employment. However, our results also show that the expenditure on start-up subsidies decreases the risk of exiting self-employment specifically for the group of individuals entering self-employment from unemployment. Therefore, the availability of these incentives might be seen by policymakers as not only a route to increase entry into self-employment, but also as an adequate instrument for equalising survival chances across individuals entering self-employment from unemployment and those entering with a different starting status.