The dynamics of solo self-employment: Persistence and transition to employership

Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Wunder, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2017.09.002

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“…Mostly, these seem rather small or mediumsized businesses (Chiang, 2004), although usually it is not discussed what is meant by those terms (i.e., threshold values, etc.). To run the business, the immigrant owners may either do this personally (Lechmann & Wunder, 2017), include family members and/or employees (Chiang, 2004), and/or hire a local manager (Kulchina, 2017). Nevertheless, there are cases in which self-employment might be a sideline to a primary labor engagement (Szarucki, Brzozowski, & Stankevičienė, 2016).…”

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The impact of self-employment on the economic integration of immigrants: Evidence from Germany

Brzozowski¹,

Lasek²

2019

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Traditi onal approaches in migrati on studies suggest that self-employment and entrepreneurial acti viti es enhance the perspecti ves of economic advancement of immigrants in host countries. Therefore, in many popular desti nati ons in Western Europe and Northern America, policies encouraging the self-employment of immigrants have been proposed. But does the self-employment contribute to the economic integrati on of immigrants? Is it a universal, one-way avenue that guarantees the successful inserti on of foreigners in a new socio-economic environment? Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel dataset, this study empirically investi gates the eff ect of self-employment on the economic integrati on of immigrants in one of the most important host countries in Europe. Our results demonstrate that the current self-employment status in Germany is associated with higher income in absolute and relati ve (self-assessment) terms. The immigrants with previous self-employment experience in Germany are less integrated than the average. This result indirectly shows that the business economy of immigrants is associated with a high risk of failure and not all self-employed individuals succeed in advancing in economic terms in a host country. Consequently, we argue that host countries should be more cauti ous in promoti ng entrepreneurship as the "perfect" and "universal" strategy that improves economic integrati on.

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The impact of self-employment on the economic integration of immigrants: Evidence from Germany

Brzozowski¹,

Lasek²

2019

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“…Few other recent studies have a particular focus on the relationship between an entrepreneur's experience in advanced technology, knowledge, innovation, and productivity, and employment growth (for details, see Amoroso, et al [26], Audretsch, et al [27], Aldieri and Vinci [28], Mitze, et al [29], Naveed and Ahmad [30], Ahmad, et al [31]). Baumol [32] proposed that entrepreneurship should be considered with caution because there are both productive activities, such as R&D and innovation, and unproductive activities, such as rent-seeking only profit motives rather than growth.…”

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Self-Employment Dynamics of Immigrants and Natives: Individual-level Analysis for the Canadian Labour Market

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This paper analyses the dynamic transitions of self-employment in four states of the Canadian labour market (paid-employment, self-employment, unemployment, and being out of the labour force) by answering three core questions: (1) What are the determinants of the transitions into and out of the four labour market states? (2) Are the probabilities of transitions between immigrants and natives significantly different, and if so, are they due to entry–exit rate gaps between immigrants and natives? (3) What are the proportions of spurious and structural state dependence in the labour market states of immigrants and natives? Our analysis was based on longitudinal data from Canada’s Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for males aged 25 to 55 for the period 1993 to 2004. Our results revealed that immigrants rather than natives are relatively more likely to be self-employed during the unemployment period. The findings also confirmed that males with positive investment income or wealth tended to be largely self-employed. From a policy perspective, the government provision of financial support towards self-employment positively benefits natives in seeking self-employment opportunities. Government policies to lessen labour market discrimination promotes the self-employment of immigrants.

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The JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION is an interdisciplinary, double blind-reviewed journal, emphasizing theoretical and empirical articles in entrepreneurship, management, innovation and related fields. The journal is published both in printed form and on-line at www.jemi.edu.pl. THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AREA OF THE JOURNAL The entrepreneurship area of the journal covers the three major topics: 1) venture creation and small business, 2) the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth including local and regional development, and 3) entrepreneurial attitudes and motives. We invite original papers of theoretical and empirical nature, rooted in the disciplines of economics, management, sociology, political science, and psychology. The interdisciplinary research is encouraged to assure a comprehensive approach to the topics discussed and to advance both theory and practice. THE MANAGEMENT AREA OF THE JOURNAL Management as a thematic scope of the journal focuses on theoretical and empirical considerations of various areas, such as: human resources management, process management, strategic management, intangible assets management. We particularly welcome articles interpreting contemporary problems of economy based on knowledge and innovations. Moreover, a vital area of investigation is the analysis of the issue of measuring and managing intellectual capital, methods of assessing and evaluating intellectual capital both on enterprise and economy levels. A related area is also the concept of knowledge management in an enterprise, including modern methods of knowledge management and methodology of knowledge audit. THE INNOVATION AREA OF THE JOURNAL The innovation area of the Journal's focus will emphasize a broad range of topics and approaches, including (but not limited to): 1) role of private and public sector in development and diffusion of innovations, 2) product, process and business model innovations, 3) profiles of innovative products, structures and processes, aimed at improving management practice and providing inspiration for entrepreneurs, 4) comparative analyses of national, regional policy or sector issues, such as R&D trends, patents, citations etc., 5) theoretical work on economic, organizational and scientific aspects of innovation, encouraging the search for inspirations from various disciplines, including natural sciences, arts and humanities.

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The dynamics of solo self-employment: Persistence and transition to employership

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The impact of self-employment on the economic integration of immigrants: Evidence from Germany

The impact of self-employment on the economic integration of immigrants: Evidence from Germany

Self-Employment Dynamics of Immigrants and Natives: Individual-level Analysis for the Canadian Labour Market

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