The transition from paid to self-employment in Canada: the importance of push factors

By C. Moore, Richard E. Mueller. 2002

175 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/c1666a4577cbf0c82b141d396709908e626e1dc2

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Economics and Econometrics

In Management of Technology and Innovation

In Sociology and Political Science

Citations in the corpus

Predicting entrepreneurial behaviour: a test of the theory of planned behaviour (2013, unknown): “…extant literature often models participation in entrepreneurship as a utility-maximizing occupational choice between self-employment and paid employment (e.g. Blanchflower et al., 2001; Uusitalo, 2001; Moore and Mueller, 2002; Rojas and Siga, 2009; for an overview, see chapter 2 in Parker, 2009).”
Transitions to self-employment at older ages: The role of wealth, health, health insurance and other factors (2007, background): “…group represented just over one third (38 percent) of the workforce in total.2 Some of these older workers have been self-employed for much or all of their working careers while others have made the transition to self-employment later in their careers, often as part of the transition to retirement.”
Self-employment and family life: constructing work–life balance when you're ‘always on’ (2014, background): “Although growth in selfemployment is often seen during recessionary periods when there is a higher incidence of involuntary job loss and more limited employment opportunities (Moore & Mueller, 2002), individual motivations for self-employment vary.”
Much Ado about Nothing? The Surprising Persistence of Nascent Entrepreneurs through Macroeconomic Crisis (2016, methodology): “Depending on the specific context and method of the study, the relationship may come out positive, negative, or neutral (Blanchflower, 2000; Evans & Leighton, 1989; Hamilton, 1989; Moore & Mueller, 2002; Thurik, Carree, van Stel, & Audretsch, 2008).”
How Do Risk Attitudes Differ within the Group of Entrepreneurs? The Role of Motivation and Procedural Utility (2015, unknown): “(Amit and Mueller 1995; Moore and Mueller 2002; Solymossy 1997), the GEM has conceptualized two different types of entrepreneur-”
Institutions and the prevalence of nonstandard employment (2015, background): “…(Hevenstone, 2010) Unemployment benefits ∼ (Hevenstone, 2010) Unemployment benefits ∼ (Hevenstone, 2010) – (Storey, 1991; Staber and Bogenhold, 1993; Moore and Mueller, 2002; Malchow-Moller et al., 2010) Startup subsidies + (Cueto and Mato, 2006; Baumgartner and Caliendo, 2008) ∼ for young…”
The impact of a necessity-based start-up on subsequent entrepreneurial satisfaction (2010, background): “The concepts of opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship are analogous to the discussion of ‘pull’ and ‘push’ motives behind the decision to start a business (e.g., Granger et al. 1995; Hughes 2003; Mallon 1998; Moore and Mueller 2002).”