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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 For older workers, self-employment is an important alternative to waged employment. Drawing on social learning theory and social cognitive career theory we examine how attitudes toward one’s own aging, future time perspective (captured by perceived time ...
Valerie Caines +2 more
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Self-employment in OECD countries [PDF]
Labour Economics, 2000 The paper examines the role and influence of self-employment across the OECD. The overall trend in self-employment, at the economy level in the years since 1966, has been down in most countries. The main exceptions to this are Portugal, New Zealand and the United Kingdom where the trend has been upward.
David G Blanchflower
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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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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 Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical Approach
Journal of Management and Business Administration, Central Europe, 2018 Purpose: The purpose of this article is to position self-employment within an entrepreneurship paradigm. The authors create a structured approach to the existing concepts and definitions of entrepreneurship and self-employment, as well as interrelations ...
Jolanta Szaban +1 more
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Consumer Discrimination and Self-Employment [PDF]
Journal of Political Economy, 1989 Self-employment rates and incomes differ significantly by race. The authors show that these differentials arise in markets with consumer discrimination and incomplete information about the price of the good and the race of the seller. Equilibrium income distributions have two properties: mean black incomes are lower than mean white incomes, and the ...
George J. Borjas, Stephen G. Bronars
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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.
Carlos Bozzoli, Tilman Brück, Nina Wald
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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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Economies, 2023 This paper aims to investigate the impact of innovation on three macroeconomic indicators: GDP, self-employment, and foreign direct investment (FDI). The study analyses a sample of 120 countries using the Global Innovation Index (GII) and its constituent
Juan M. Dempere +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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