The Effect of Relative Standing on Considerations About Self-Employment

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This paper uses unique German data to examine the effects of the relative standing on the individual propensity to become self-employed in the next two years. The results suggest that the relationship between relative wage positions and propensity to become self-employed is U-shaped. This is interpreted as evidence that low status translates into entrepreneurial motivation for workers in low relative wage positions. Employees with high relative standing, in turn, seem to be more concerned about the lack of future career prospects in paid employment and consider self-employment as a next step on the individual career ladder.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 486

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Entrepreneurship ; Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior: Other
• Subject: Relative wage position ; status ; self-employment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schneck, Stefan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
• (where): Hannover
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73125
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET