SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRENDS: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Self-Employment
Trends in OECD Countries: Evidence from Microdata
David Blanchflower (Dartmouth College, U.S.A.)
Self-Employment
and Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economies:
Measurements,
Origins, Determinants, and Consequences
John S. Earle (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden) and Zuzana Sakova
(Rutgers University, U.S.A.)
The
Role of Self-Employment in Job Creation in Canada and the United States
Zhengxi Lin (Statistics Canada), Marilyn Manser (U.S. Bureau of Labour
Statistics) and Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada)
COUNTRY STUDIES I
Self-Employment
in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Carmel Duggan (WRC Social and Economic Consultants Ltd)
Self-Employment
in France
Fran?ois Hurel (APCE) and Henri Le Marois (ESPACE)
Self-Employment
in Denmark
Peter Plougmann (Danish Technological Institute)
COUNTRY STUDIES II
Self-Employment
in Mexico
Norma Samaniego (Universidad Iberoamericana)
Self-Employment
in Italy
Fiorenza Belussi (Padua University)
Self-Employment
in Australia
Bruce Chapman and Bob Gregory (Australian National University)
SELF-EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS OVER THE BUSINESS AND THE LIFE CYCLE
The
Entry and Exit Dynamics of Self-Employment in Canada
Zhengxi Lin, Janice Yates and Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada)
The
Transition into Self-Employment: The Importance of Involuntary Separation
and Unemployment Duration
Carol S. Moore (Center for Naval Analysis) and Richard E. Mueller (University
of Maine)
Explaining
the Recent Rise in Self-Employment: Lifecycle, Cohort and Aggregate Economy
Effects
Danny Leung and Chris Robinson (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
TAXES AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Effects
of the United States Tax System on Transitions into Self-Employment
Donald Bruce (Syracuse University, New York)
Self-Employment
Trends in the USA and Canada: Effects of Taxes and Macroeconomic Conditions
Herb Schuetze (McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)
LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Self-Employment
and Windfall Gains: Evidence from British Panel Data
Mark Taylor (ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, University
of Essex, England)
The
Effect of Peer-Group Lending and Social Capital on the Performance of the
Small-Scale Self-Employed
Ralph Gomez (University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Spin-offs
in France
Jean-Francois Rocchi (SOFIREM, France)
ILO Action
Program "Enterprise Creation by the Unemployed and the Role of Microfinance
in Industrialised Countries"
Bernd Balkenhol (International Labour Organisation, Geneva)
GENDER AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Do
Husbands Matter? Married Women Entering Self-Employment
Donald Bruce, (Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A.)
Gender
and Self Employment Dynamics in Canada: 1983-1994
Peter Kuhn and Herb Schuetze, McMaster University
Consequences
of Self-Employment for Women and Men in the United States
Donald Williams (Kent State University, Ohio, U.S.A.)
Self-Employment
among Unmarried Fathers and Implications for Child Support Policies
Lauren Rich (University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
ETHNICITY, RACE AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Trends
in Self-Employment among White and Black Men in the US: 1910-1990
Robert Fairlie (University of California at Santa Cruz) and Bruce Meyer
(Northwestern University, Illinois)
Pushed
Out or Pulled In? Self-Employment Among Britain's Ethnic Minorities
Kenneth Clark (University of Manchester, England) and Stephen Drinkwater
(University of Portsmouth, England)
Pursuit
of Self-Employment, Immigration and Visible Minority Status
Fernando Mata and Ravi Pendakur (Heritage Canada, Ottawa)
Black-White
Differences in Access to Small Business Loans
David Blanchflower (Dartmouth College, U.S.A.)
SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
German
Business Start-ups from Unemployment - An Empirical Analysis with Firm
Data
Friedhelm Pfeiffer and Frank Reize (Centre for European Economic Research,
Mannheim)
Promoting
Self-Employment Among the Unemployed in Hungary and Poland
Christopher O'Leary (W.E. Upjohn Institute of Employment Research,
Michigan)
Self-Employment
Assistance in the United States: Results from Six States
Wayne Vroman (Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.) and Stephen Wandner
(U.S. Department of Labor)
Earnings
Impact of Self-Employment Assistance for the Canadian Unemployed, 1987-1996
Ging Wong, Harold Henson and Christopher Riddell (Human Resources Development
Canada, Ottawa)