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Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Many Colombians are confronted with the ongoing conflict that influences their decision making in everyday life, including their behavior in labor markets. This study focuses on the impact of violent conflict on self-employment, enlarging the usual determinants with a set of conflict variables. Our estimation strategy compares three different estimates:
Carlos Bozzoli, Tilman Brück, Nina Wald
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Gain or loss? The well-being of women in self-employment [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Using data from the Chinese Household Income Project survey, we find that self-employed women have lower levels of well-being compared with their male counterparts.
Lin Xiu, Yufei Ren
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Gender differences in self‐employment [PDF]
International Review of Applied Economics, 2005 This paper examines the factors that influence transitions into self‐employment, paying particular attention to gender differences. We find that: (i) men are more responsive to the wage differential between wage/salaried employment and self‐employment; (ii) liquidity constraints are more important for men; and (iii) the link between father's self ...
Yannis Georgellis, Howard J. Wall
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Self-employment and health inequality of migrant workers [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Self-employment is one of the most common forms of employment for migrant workers in China. However, migrant workers’ lifestyle and behavior, as well as health disparities among them, would be impacted by self-employment. This research aims to
Deshui Zhou, Xin Wen
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Successful self-employment in microenterprise for persons with disabilities in a rural setting [PDF]
African Journal of DisabilityBackground: Persons with disabilities are involved in self-employment (vocational rehabilitation) in microenterprises despite key role players not making valuable contributions or using self-employment as a placement option.
Luther L. Monareng +2 more
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Self-Employment as an Alternative to Unemployment [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 Data from the NLSY show that more than a quarter of all younger men experience some period of self-employment. Many of them return to wage work. This paper analyzes a simple model of job search and self-employment where self-employment provides an alternative source of income for unemployed workers.
Ellen Rissman
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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment? [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 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 ...
Thurik, A. Roy +3 more
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Examining self-employment policies for persons with disabilities in South Africa: Perspectives from policy actors. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundDespite robust global and national efforts to promote inclusive development, a significant gap persists in countries such as South Africa's self-employment policies for persons with disabilities.
Luther Lebogang Monareng +2 more
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Self-Employment and Risk Preference [PDF]
, 2007 We explore the relationship between self-employment and attitudes towards financial risk using individual level data drawn from the U.S. Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) and the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Both surveys include questions, which enable us to construct measures of an individual´s willingness to take risk allowing us to ...
Sarah Brown +3 more
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Self-employment and disability
Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2023 In many countries, self-employment has become a common strategy for achieving inclusion in the labour market. Studies show that the occurrence of self-employment depends not only on individual motives, but also on existing policies and support.
Maria Norstedt, Per Germundsson
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