Incentives to self-employment decision in Sweden

Altin Vejsiu

International Review of Applied Economics, 2011, vol. 25, issue 4, 379-403

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the determinants of the self-employment decision, with a particular focus on gender differences and occupational choice by using register-based individual panel data for the period 2003 to 2006. Individuals choose to move into self-employment out of three possible initial statuses: paid employment, combiner or inactivity. These groups are of specific interest for the Swedish political agenda. The question that we specifically pose is how a set of socio-economic factors separately induce men and women in these three statuses to enter self-employment.

Keywords: self-employment; entry rate; gender differences; predicted earnings differential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2010.511170

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