The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan

André van Stel, Roy Thurik, Ingrid Verheul () and Lendert Baljeu
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Ingrid Verheul: Erasmus University Rotterdam, and EIM, Zoetermeer
Lendert Baljeu: Erasmus University Rotterdam

No 07-080/3, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when compared to other OECD countries. In the past, small firms in Japan benefited from the protective environment of the keiretsu structure. This secure environment no longer exists, and a new market environment conducive to new venture creation and growth has not yet been established. We argue that the Japanese government should actively stimulate an entrepreneurial culture.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; business ownership; unemployment; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J64 L26 O11 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-10-11, Revised 2008-07-14
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