Self–Employment, Wealth and Start–up Costs: Evidence from a Financial Crisis

Elitcha Koffi () and Raquel Fonseca ()
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Elitcha Koffi: Department of Economics, UQAM: 320 Ste-Catherine Street East, Montreal(Quebec), H2X 1L7, Canada

The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, vol. 18, issue 3, 28

Abstract: Using individual-level data from three uniquely comparable surveys (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and Health and Retirement Study) in Europe and the United States, as well as the World Bank’s Doing Business data, this paper empirically zeroes in on the impact of start-up costs on the self-employment–wealth relationship. The longitudinal nature of the data enables us to investigate the potential effects of the last global financial crisis. Results confirm the strong positive relationship between the entrepreneurial choice and wealth as well as the negative effect that stems from the increase in start-up costs. Interestingly, although there is no strong evidence that wealth in itself played a bigger role during the crisis, we find that the negative impact of start-up costs on the entrepreneurship–wealth relationship proved to be significantly pronounced during the last crisis.

Keywords: self-employment; occupational choice; wealth; start-up costs; financial crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E02 E21 J21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Working Paper: Self-Employment, Wealth and Start-up Costs: Evidence from a Financial Crisis (2016)
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