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How do local labor market conditions and individual characteristics affect quitting selfemployment?
Wie beeinflussen die Bedingungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und individuelle Merkmale die Entscheidung, die Selbständigkeit aufzugeben?
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Abstract "This paper investigates the joint effect of local labor market conditions and individual differences on the duration of self-employment periods. Using register based, data the study focuses on previously unemployed business founders who have received public support to realize their entrepreneurial ... view more
"This paper investigates the joint effect of local labor market conditions and individual differences on the duration of self-employment periods. Using register based, data the study focuses on previously unemployed business founders who have received public support to realize their entrepreneurial activities. Local labor market conditions account for a high level of complexity while personal characteristics are related to the founder's employment background. Using accelerated failure time models, controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and allowing for competing exit risk we find that higher and increasing local labor market pressure decreases the duration in self-employment whereas higher perceived (re-unemployment) risk and lower economic prosperity for incumbent firms reduce exit risks. The results reveal that the effect of external conditions is multidimensional and non-linear. On the individual level, we find strong support for the 'hot-house' hypothesis for gaining comparative advantages." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
public support; labor market trend; funding; insolvency; risk; autonomy; competition; labor; unemployment; risk assessment; labor market
Classification
Labor Market Research
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
37 p.
Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, 2010-001
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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