Arbeitspapier

Transitioning from Solo Self-Employed to Microbusiness Employer: Local Economic Environment or Owner Characteristics?

Only a minority of micro-businesses create jobs for others. This paper addresses whether personal characteristics and resources of the microbusiness owner or the local external economic environment are drivers of job creation. In the UK context of significant growth in self-employment but a declining proportion who create jobs, an investigation using longitudinal data is provided. Individual demographic and resource characteristics are found to be more important, but place effects are relatively weak. Entrepreneurship policy needs to target particular groups, including women and less experienced business owners in their localities.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12189

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Demand
Entrepreneurship
New Firms; Startups
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Thema
self-employment
micro-business
job creation
local environment
longitudinal analysis

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Henley, Andrew
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Henley, Andrew
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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