Economic conditions at school-leaving and self-employment

Keshar Ghimire and Johanna Maclean

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 137, issue C, 154-156

Abstract: In this study we use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to estimate the impact of economic conditions at school-leaving on self-employment across the lifecourse. We find no evidence that the economic conditions at school-leaving affect self-employment.

Keywords: Self-employment; Macroeconomic fluctuations; School-leaving (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.10.037

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