Add to ORKGtextabstractWe examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a UK field experiment where two applications of otherwise equally qualified individuals were sent out in response to the same vacancies in human resource management, we find that entrepreneurs systematically receive fewer responses than non-entrepreneurs. Empirical studies that treat market wages as the opportunity cost of remaining self-employed are therefore likely to overestimate alternative earnings to entrepreneurship
Many public policies are designed to encourage self-employment. However, because self-employment exp...
Published online December 22 2018Economic theory and the empirical evidence are mixed regarding the ...
We use a randomized field experiment in Sweden to investigate how self-employment experience is valu...
We examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a...
We examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a...
Empirical studies have shown that entrepreneurs earn, on average, less than the market wage for empl...
Empirical studies have shown that entrepreneurs earn, on average, less than the market wage for empl...
This paper seeks to understand the returns to self-employment. The analysis is motivated by the empi...
Empirical studies show that the pecuniary returns to an individual's decision to switch from wage em...
This paper resolves a longstanding empirical puzzle: that most entrepreneurs persist de-spite lower ...
We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon retur...
We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon retur...
In this paper we estimate, on a dataset for the UK, a standard model of self-employment choice. The ...
We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon retur...
Research Summary: This article advances a theory to explain why a spell of entrepreneurship affects ...
Many public policies are designed to encourage self-employment. However, because self-employment exp...
Published online December 22 2018Economic theory and the empirical evidence are mixed regarding the ...
We use a randomized field experiment in Sweden to investigate how self-employment experience is valu...
We examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a...
We examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a...
Empirical studies have shown that entrepreneurs earn, on average, less than the market wage for empl...
Empirical studies have shown that entrepreneurs earn, on average, less than the market wage for empl...
This paper seeks to understand the returns to self-employment. The analysis is motivated by the empi...
Empirical studies show that the pecuniary returns to an individual's decision to switch from wage em...
This paper resolves a longstanding empirical puzzle: that most entrepreneurs persist de-spite lower ...
We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon retur...
We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon retur...
In this paper we estimate, on a dataset for the UK, a standard model of self-employment choice. The ...
We examine how those re-entering paid-employment after a brief self-employment spell fare upon retur...
Research Summary: This article advances a theory to explain why a spell of entrepreneurship affects ...
Many public policies are designed to encourage self-employment. However, because self-employment exp...
Published online December 22 2018Economic theory and the empirical evidence are mixed regarding the ...
We use a randomized field experiment in Sweden to investigate how self-employment experience is valu...