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Founders' experience and self-employment duration : the importance of being a 'Jack-of-all-trades'. An analysis based on competing risks

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  • Oberschachtsiek, Dirk

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"This paper investigates how founders' experience and professional background affect the duration of periods of self-employment, and to what extent the duration is affected by a balanced skill set in particular. In this context, an occupational choice framework based on a competing risk setting is used that considers an exit choice as a time varying incident. Particularly, a tailor-made variable is used reflecting the balancing property of the individuals' professional background. The results show that most self-employed individuals find themselves unemployed again. Industrial experience, experience in the service or product, high motivation and professional background as a crafts master are clearly associated with comparative advantages in self-employment. It turns out that a broad range of competences is not sufficient in order to prolong the expected duration. However, a comprehensive set of skills combined with sales/business experience can extend the duration of self-employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Oberschachtsiek, Dirk, 2008. "Founders' experience and self-employment duration : the importance of being a 'Jack-of-all-trades'. An analysis based on competing risks," IAB-Discussion Paper 200840, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
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    1. Oberschachtsiek, Dirk, 2010. "How do local labor market conditions and individual characteristics affect quitting selfemployment?," Discussion Papers, Presidential Department P 2010-001, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    2. Thom, Marco, 2016. "Crucial skills for the entrepreneurial success of fine artists," Working Papers 01/16, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.
    3. Oberschachtsiek, Dirk & Scioch, Patrycja, 2011. "The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment : a statistical evaluation of non-financial support schemes for unemployed business founders in Germany," IAB-Discussion Paper 201116, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    4. Bernardí Cabrer-Borrás & Paz Rico Belda, 2018. "Survival of entrepreneurship in Spain," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 51(1), pages 265-278, June.
    5. Thom, Marco, 2014. "The suffering of arts entrepreneurs: Will fine art students be educated on how to become successfully self-employed?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 3(1), pages 64-77.

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    Keywords

    Bundesrepublik Deutschland ; Lüneburg ; Niedersachsen ; berufliche Qualifikation ; berufliche Selbständigkeit ; Berufserfahrung ; Berufsverlauf ; Dauer ; Determinanten ; Fachkenntnisse ; abhängig Beschäftigte ; Humankapital ; Inanspruchnahme ; Selbständige ; Arbeitslose ; Überbrückungsgeld ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Unternehmenserfolg ; Unternehmensgründung ; Unternehmer ; unternehmerische Qualifikation ; 1995-2002;
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    JEL classification:

    • C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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