Heterogeneity in the determinants of local self-employment growth by gender, age and selected industry
Employment ; Entrepreneurship ; Gender ; Industrial sector ; Industrial structure ; Industry ; Producer services ; Regional disparities ; Self-employment ; United States of America
This study explores the determinants of self-employment growth across US regions and by gender, age group and industry. It finds that self-employment growth was faster for women than for men; that growth in the 45–64-year age group outpaced growth
in the age 20–44-year group; and that growth was much faster in professional and business services than in healthcare. The regression results suggest that there is significant heterogeneity in the impact of regional characteristics on self-employment growth
This paper investigates UK data for 1999–2001 on the reported motives for choosing self-employment. After controlling for individual characteristics and industrial structure, some regional differences persist. These are largely for men
and are quantitatively small. Northern Ireland stands out, reflecting the different composition of its self-employed. Conclusions for the emphasis of regional policy and further research are discussed.
Evidence from Greece, for the period 1983-87, suggests that environmental programs initiated by the government in an attempt to alleviate fundamental ecological imbalances and support the declining private sector were self-regulatory. This was based
on deficit financing and has affected employment positively.
Self-employment and local economic performance : evidence from US counties
County ; Economic efficiency ; Economic growth ; Employment ; Entrepreneurship ; Local economy ; Private property ; Self-employment ; United States of America
Spatial variations in intergenerational transmission of self-employment
Economic environment ; Employment ; Entrepreneurship ; Family ; Finland ; Human capital ; Labour ; Logit model ; Self-employment ; Spatial differentiation
Amazon Basin ; Economic activity ; Ecuador ; Employment ; Growth pole ; Informal sector ; Public service ; Town
in 1993. Results of the establishment survey are compared to those of similar studies in the Brazilian Amazon. Abundant self-employment in an informal sector and a large portion of the labor force in the public service sector is found. - (SLD)
Examination of economic activities and employment in four boom towns of the Ecuador Amazon or Oriente : Puyo, Nueva Loja, Tena and Coca. Data were obtained from the 1990 national population census and from field observations of urban establishments
The Fourth Development Plan stresses the need for increasing employment through the use of labour intensive production. Human productivity should increase self reliance. (EMS).
Self-rated resilience among young migrants in old Fadama, Accra, Ghana
The main objective of this paper is to explain how resilient a sample of young migrants are to the stressors encountered at the slum through a self-rated level of resilience. Drawing on resilience thinking, the Youth Resilience Framework and Social
Resilience perspectives are discussed and variables for analysis are considered from their synthesis. From the results, it is suggested that significant predictors of resilience include type of employment, social capital, number of stressors experienced
Urban spatial pattern as self-organizing system : an empirical evaluation of firm location decisions in Cleveland-Akron PMSA, Ohio
Centrality ; Cleveland ; Employment ; External economies ; Location choice ; Model ; Ohio ; Self-organizing behaviour ; System dynamics ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Urban economy ; Urban structure
Employment ; India ; Kerala ; Labour ; Living standard ; Policy ; Poverty ; Self-employment ; Social development
Ideas of participatory classification, economic self-reliance and political empowerment are laudable national policy goals, and Kerala has shown innovation in its adaptation of these within the State's devolved structures of local governance. Ideas
The earnings of self-employed Mexican Americans along the U.S.-Mexico border
Employment ; Frontier ; Hispanics ; Labour ; Living standard ; Mexico ; Probability ; Socio-economic system ; Texas ; Trans-border area ; United States of America