Governments allocate financial resources to support small-and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) through public subsidies and grants. However, do these public investments help …

We review the literature on solo self-employment focusing on prevalence, characteristics
and economic contributions. Besides providing explanations for the upward trend in solo …

We utilize the implementation of the 1986 Compulsory Education Law in China as a natural
experiment to examine the relationship between educational attainment and migrant …

The solo self-employed, ie those entrepreneurs operating without employees, are a very
diverse group of individuals: from artisans, shopkeepers, independent contractors, artists …

Although the determinants of self-employment are widely studied, the distinction between
self-employed workers with and without employees is not often applied. We study …

This study aims to expand knowledge on the nexus between religious attitudes and
entrepreneurship performance. Using an international sample of 1,162 European youth …

В монографии рассматривается новое явление на российском рынке труда–
самостоятельная занятость независимых профессионалов (фрилансеров) …

Purpose This study aims to extend the existing body of literature on the individual-level
determinants of self-employed persons with (employer entrepreneurs) and without …

One of the most important questions of individuals pursuing entrepreneurship as a career
choice is, do entrepreneurs earn more, compared to employees? We aim to contribute to this …

We investigate the impact of country R&D on the allocation of self-employment across
different types, where types are identified based on occupational status and start-up motive …