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Self-Employment Dynamics amid High Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis of Transitional Labour Market in India [PDF]

open access: yesStatistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
There is a high unemployment rate in India, and self-employment is considered a way to create more jobs and stimulate the economy. However, personal and family characteristics and occupational structure play a role in determining who is likely to pursue ...
Sonu Madan, Surender Mor
doaj   +1 more source

Toward optimal second language acquisition and proficiency: Addressing limited exposure and educational inequality in EFL contexts through home-based approaches and interdisciplinary insights

open access: yesAmpersand
In English as a Foreign Language (EFL) settings, second language acquisition (SLA) is often challenging due to limited English exposure and structural constraints within school systems.
Sun Youn Lee, Joo Bong Kim
doaj   +1 more source

STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN SELF-EMPLOYMENT USING DECOMPOSITION METHODOLOGY [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2003
In this paper, the structural changes of self-employment are studied in economic sectors of Iran by using decomposition methodology during 1956- 96.The self-employment changes in economic sectors in ten-year period can be decomposed into several ...
Hadi Qavami
doaj  

The glass cage: The gender pay gap and self-employment in the United States [PDF]

open access: yesNew England Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2016
Self-employment is often viewed as a more desirable work arrangement than working as an employee for a firm. Women are pushed into self-employment due to organizational factors, such as a shrinking workforce or limited job opportunities, while being ...
Leanna Lawter   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What makes Chinese rural migrants self-employed: a qualitative perspective

open access: yesThe Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2022
This study scrutinizes the causes, configuration, and consequences of rural migrants’ motivations for becoming self-employed. It aims to solve two main problems in the current literature.
Shuting Xia
doaj   +1 more source

Parent Quality of Life at Two Years Following Their Child's Completion of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often experience significant caregiver burden and disruption to their well‐being. While parent quality of life (QoL) during treatment is well characterized, little is known about outcomes during early survivorship.
Sara Dal Pra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal self-employment in Kazakhstan [PDF]

open access: yesIZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2013
We use data from the Kazakhstan Labor Force Survey (KLFS) for the period 2006-2011 to examine causal factors that determine informal self-employment. In addition, the paper expands the analysis to consider gender differences in informality and examines the response of informality propensities to the recent global crisis.
Mussurov, Altay, Arabsheibani, G. Reza
openaire   +2 more sources

Adjunctive Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Adult‐Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Secondary Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Single‐Center Experience

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Approach to Explore the Effects of Institutions on Self-Employment and Innovation in Selected Countries [PDF]

open access: yesFaslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2012
In this paper, we try to explain cross-country differences in the level of entrepreneurship using self-employment and innovation as proxy variables. For this purpose, we use a comparative approach to explore empirically the ways in which institutions ...
Saeid Eisa Zade   +2 more
doaj  

Self-Employment around Retirement Age [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This paper uses panel data from the pan-European SHARE survey to study labor market behavior of older male self-employed vis-a-vis wage employed workers. We find the self-employed to work longer hours, to be more flexible in their hours allocation, and to retire later in all countries.
openaire   +5 more sources

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