Self-employment duration in urban and rural locations

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Previous research has shown that the local environment is important for self-employment. The dynamics of self-employment varies between areas characterized by different labour market conditions, entrepreneurial traditions and other structural factors. This paper analyzes self-employment spells in Finland with a large register-based data set from the period 1987–2002. The main aim is to investigate the role of region-specific factors as compared with individual-specific and other factors on the duration of self-employment spells. First, the descriptive analysis shows that the exit rates from self-employment and the length of self-employment spells depend upon location (urban vs. rural area) and the cyclical trends in the economy. Second, self-employment duration is modelled using discrete time survival analysis. It is found that rural areas have significantly lower exit rates in the first years of self-employment than urban areas.

Object Details

• ISSN: 1466-4283
• Extent: Seite(n): 2449-2461
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Applied Economics, 41(19)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Wirtschaft ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Volkswirtschaftstheorie ; Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Haapanen, Mika ; Tervo, Hannu
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2009

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840802360278
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-242148
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST