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Self‐employment: a study of seventeen OECD countries
Author(s) -
Staber Udo,
Bögenhold Dieter
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1993.tb00666.x
Subject(s) - generosity , unemployment , economics , politics , labour economics , unemployment rate , demographic economics , self employment , state (computer science) , political science , economic growth , law , finance , algorithm , entrepreneurship , computer science
This article examines some institutional‐political explanations for the revival of self‐employment in seventeen OECD countries since the 1970s. The empirical analysis suggests that cross‐country differences in the self‐employment rate are partly explained by the generosity of unemployment insurance schemes, left party strength, the size of the state sector, as well as general economic conditions.