Why Do Individuals Choose Self-Employment?
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Keywords
occupational choice; motivation; entrepreneurship; self-employment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2009-02-14 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-LAB-2009-02-14 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2009-02-14 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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