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Time allocation by the self-employed: the determinants of the number of working hours in start-ups

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  • Martin Carree
  • Ingrid Verheul

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This article examines determinants of working hours by self-employed, explicitly discriminating between preference and productivity effects. A simple model of working hours is derived, not requiring expected profit data. The model is estimated using data from a Dutch survey of 1350 start-ups. Outsourcing and number of employees appear related to both preference and productivity. The model has out-of-sample predictive power for the number of working hours.

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  • Martin Carree & Ingrid Verheul, 2009. "Time allocation by the self-employed: the determinants of the number of working hours in start-ups," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(15), pages 1511-1515.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:16:y:2009:i:15:p:1511-1515
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850701580542
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    1. Ingrid Verheul & Martin Carree & Roy Thurik, 2009. "Allocation and productivity of time in new ventures of female and male entrepreneurs," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 33(3), pages 273-291, October.
    2. Evila Piva, 2018. "Time allocation behaviours of entrepreneurs: the impact of individual entrepreneurial orientation," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 45(4), pages 493-518, December.
    3. Siddharth Vedula & Phillip H. Kim, 2018. "Marching to the beat of the drum: the impact of the pace of life in US cities on entrepreneurial work effort," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 50(3), pages 569-590, March.
    4. Ingrid Verheul & Martin Carree & Roy Thurik, 2008. "Allocation and Productivity of Time in new Ventures of Female and Male Entrepreneurships," Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy 2006-01, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group.
    5. Lechmann, Daniel S. J., 2017. "Estimating labor supply in self-employment: Pitfalls and resolutions," Discussion Papers 101, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Labour and Regional Economics.

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