Does self-employment reduce unemployment?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-686

  Thurik, A Roy ^a,b,c   Carree, Martin A ^d   van Stel, André ^b,e   Audretsch, David B ^c,f  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Self employment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 48049090664     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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