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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, Carree, Martin, van Stel, André, Audretsch, David B.   +3 more
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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, Małgorzata Skrzek-Lubasińska   +1 more
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Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 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.
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IT Self-Employment: A Protean Career View

Proceedings of the 2023 Computers and People Research Conference on ZZZ, 2023
IT self-employment is a growing trend. IS research however has mostly focused on careers of IT professionals in an organizational context. In this study, we use the Protean Career perspective to investigate reasons for the transition of IT professionals from organizational to self-employment in IT.
Faheem Ahmed Shaikh, Tenace Kwaku Setor, Damien Joseph   +2 more
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Later Stage at Diagnosis of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Registries ACCRN07 and APEC14B1

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) often arise in the ovaries and testes (extracranial) but can also develop in the brain (intracranial). We examined the relationship of individual, family, and community‐level socioeconomic status (SES) with stage of disease at diagnosis in a cohort of pediatric patients with GCT from Children's Oncology Group
Heydon K. Kaddas, Judy Y. Ou, Todd Alonzo, Logan G. Spector, Negar Fallahazad, Emily Owens, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Adam L. Green   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Choice and Self-Employment — Are They Related? [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Often, a person will become an entrepreneur only after a period of dependent employment, suggesting that occupational choices precede entrepreneurial choices. We investigate the relationship between occupational choice and self-employment. The findings suggest that the occupational choice of future entrepreneurs at the time of labor market entry is ...
Alina Sorgner, Michael Fritsch
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Is self-employment an antidote to poverty in developing countries? Insights from a cross-sectional study in Ghana

Cogent Economics & Finance
Despite numerous policies implemented in this respect, Ghana still needs to catch up in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of ending poverty in all forms by 2030.
Kwame Adjei-Mantey, Mark Edem Kunawotor
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Consequences of employment self–etching primer adhesive in orthodontic practice [PDF]

Al-Rafidain Dental Journal, 2004
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the shear bonding strength of stainless steel brackets bonded with self–etching primer adhesive system (Trans-bondTM 3M Uniteck, Monrovia, California, USA), compared with same system which employ 35% phosphoric
Ali R Al–Khatib
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Consensus Standards and Recommendations for Developmental and Cognitive Surveillance, Screening, and Evaluation in Sickle Cell Disease: Executive Summary From the National Alliance of Sickle Cell Centers Neurocognitive Workgroup

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive difficulties are prevalent among individuals with sickle cell disease and warrant prompt identification and support. This Special Report provides an executive summary of standards and recommendations for surveillance, screening, and evaluation for development and cognition across the lifespan developed by ...
Alyssa M. Schlenz, Donna Murdaugh, Andrew M. Heitzer, Jennifer N. Longoria, Wendy Santos‐Modesitt, Arianna Martin, Judy Cavazos, Jeff Schatz, Catherine R. Hoyt, Alison King, Eboni I. Lance, Steven Hardy, Marsha Treadwell   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source