Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57657 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
WZB Discussion Paper No. P 2010-001
Publisher: 
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the joint effect of local labor market conditions and individual differences on the duration of self-employment periods. Using register based, data the study focuses on previously unemployed business founders who have received public support to realize their entrepreneurial activities. Local labor market conditions account for a high level of complexity while personal characteristics are related to the founder's employment background. Using accelerated failure time models, controlling for unobserved heterogeneity and allowing for competing exit risk we find that higher and increasing local labor market pressure decreases the duration in self-employment whereas higher perceived (re-unemployment) risk and lower economic prosperity for incumbent firms reduce exit risks. The results reveal that the effect of external conditions is multidimensional and non-linear. On the individual level, we find strong support for the hot-house hypothesis for gaining comparative advantages.
Subjects: 
self-employment
duration
competing risk
local labor market situation
JEL: 
C41
J62
J64
L26
M13
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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