Determinants of self-employment survival in Europe.

Autor/inn/en	Millán, José María; Congregado, Emilio; Román, Concepción
Titel	Determinants of self-employment survival in Europe.
Quelle	In: Small business economics, 38 (2012) 2, S. 231-258 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0921-898X; 1573-0913
DOI	10.1007/s11187-010-9260-0
Schlagwörter	Europäisches Haushaltspanel; Bildungsabschluss; Determinante; Unternehmenserfolg; Unternehmensgründung; Arbeitsloser; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Berufserfahrung; Erwerbstätiger; Unternehmer; Internationaler Vergleich; Regionaler Faktor; Institution; Europäische Union; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Finnland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Großbritannien; Irland; Italien; Luxemburg; Niederlande; Portugal; Schweden; Österreich
Abstract	"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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1994 bis 2001.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/3