A decomposition of the growth in self-employment.

Autor/inn/en	Es, F. van; Vuuren, D. J. van
Titel	A decomposition of the growth in self-employment. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Eine Zerlegung des Wachstums der beruflichen Selbstständigkeit.
Quelle	In: Applied economics letters, 18 (2011) 17, S. 1665-1669 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4851; 1466-4291
DOI	10.1080/13504851.2011.558471
Schlagwörter	Demografischer Faktor; Lebensalter; Lebensalter; Niederlande; Selbstständiger; Wachstumspolitik; Outsourcing; Branche; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsabschluss; Demografischer Wandel; Branche; Outsourcing; Wachstumspolitik; Berufliche Flexibilität; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Geschlechtsspezifik; Scheinselbstständiger; Selbstständiger; Niederlande
Abstract	"We decompose the rise of self-employment in the Netherlands in the period 1992 to 2006. Using Logit estimates we identify the most important determinants of the recent upturn, separately for women and for men. In contrast with findings for the United States, we find that changes in the industrial composition only play a small role. For women, we find that intra-sectoral developments have been important in spurring self-employment. In particular, it has become more common for women to be self-employed in the Trade and Culture sectors. The ageing of society (older people are more often self-employed) is an important cause of the observed increase. This effect is partly compensated by the negative effect of a higher educated labour force. The estimation results imply that both policies to foster self-employment and a socio-cultural trend have been important. We postulate that generic policy effects have been the most important cause of the increase in self-employment. The largest effects were seen just in the last few years of our sample (2004-2006), which appears to be inconsistent with the notion of a longer lasting socio-cultural trend." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: deskriptive Studie. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1992 bis 2006.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/1