Cross-country differences in self-employment rates: the role of institutions

By Roberto Torrini. 2005

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics

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Self‐employment among people with disabilities: evidence for Europe (2009, background): “Nevertheless, this cross‐country variability also depends on institutional factors that affect the worker’s choice between self‐employment and paid employment, taxation systems, labour and product market regulations, unemployment benefits and size of the public sector (see, for example, Robson and W”
Formation of entrepreneurial intentions in a regional context (2013, unknown): “This, in turn, determines the scope for private enterprises (Torrini 2005) and can hinder the formation of new firms in a region (Sørensen 2004).”
Institutions, Latent Entrepreneurship, and Self–Employment: An International Comparison (2012, background): “Likewise, Wennekers and Thurik (1999) combine various strands of the literature to develop a model linking entrepreneurship to growth.”
Gender and field of study as determinants of self-employment (2010, background): “Our finding fits in well with the conclusions reached by Wellington (2006), who finds support for the hypothesis that women with an extensive educational background and family responsibilities are more likely to be self-employed.”
Taxes, corruption, and entry (2016, unknown): “Torinni (2005) developed a model showing that tax evasion has a positive impact on self-employment, but the impact of the tax rate on self-employment depends on “country attitude toward tax evasion” (2005: 661).”
Institutions and the prevalence of nonstandard employment (2015, methodology): “Torrini (2005), for example, did not find a statistically significant association between dismissal protection and self-employment when analyzing OECD and Eurostat data, whereas Robson (2003) and van Stel et al. (2007) found that more rigid labor market regulations are negatively associated with…”