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The Decline and Rise of Self-Employment

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  • Dieter Bögenhold

    (FSP `Zuhunft der Arbeit' Department of Sociology Universität Bielefeld Postfarb 86 40 4800 BIELEFELD 1 GERMANY)

  • Udo Staber

    (FSP `Zuhunft der Arbeit' Department of Sociology Universität Bielefeld Postfarb 86 40 4800 BIELEFELD 1 GERMANY)

Abstract

Indications are that the long-term decline of self-employment has come to a halt in the 1970s in the advanced industrialized economies. In this paper, we challenge the currently popular argument that the recent revival of self-employment represents an effective answer to the problems of slow economic growth and unemployment. Our time-series regression analysis of aggregate self-employment rates in eight major OECD countries from the early 1950s to 1987 suggests that rising self-employment may be a response to deficiencies in labour markets rather than a sign of economic vitality.

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  • Dieter Bögenhold & Udo Staber, 1991. "The Decline and Rise of Self-Employment," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 5(2), pages 223-239, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:5:y:1991:i:2:p:223-239
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    1. Scott Shane, 2009. "Why encouraging more people to become entrepreneurs is bad public policy," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 33(2), pages 141-149, August.
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    5. Sergio A. Contreras, 2019. "Self-Employment in Times of Crisis: The Case of the Spanish Financial Crisis," Economies, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-14, August.
    6. Gottschall, Karin & Betzelt, Sigrid, 2001. "Alleindienstleister im Berufsfeld Kultur: Versuch einer erwerbssoziologischen Konzeptualisierung," Working papers of the ZeS 18/2001, University of Bremen, Centre for Social Policy Research (ZeS).
    7. Dieter Bögenhold, 2003. "Dos caras de la capacidad empresarial: una alternativa a la noción popular," Revista de Economía Institucional, Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Economía, vol. 5(8), pages 161-187, January-J.
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    9. Silvia Luber & Markus Gangl, 1997. "Die Entwicklung selbständiger Erwerbstätigkeit in Westeuropa und den USA 1960-1995," MZES Working Papers 16, MZES.

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