How do country R&D change the allocation of self-employment across different types?
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. We first conduct a literature review based on which we consider the self-employed with employees to be of higher ‘qua...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) |
| Repositorio: | RIO. Repositorio Institucional Olavide |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:rio.upo.es:10433/22162 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22162 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Types of entrepreneurship Self-employment R&D European Working Conditions Survey |
| Sumario: | 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. We first conduct a literature review based on which we consider the self-employed with employees to be of higher ‘quality’ (in terms of their overall contribution to the economy) compared to independent own-account workers, who in turn may be considered of higher ‘quality’ than dependent self-employed workers. Similarly, we also consider opportunity self-employed to be of higher ‘quality’ than necessity self-employed. Our empirical analysis then shows that the level of a country’s R&D expenditures increases the share of self-employed with employees and that of opportunity self-employed (i.e. the self-employment types associated with higher ‘quality’) at the cost of the shares of dependent self-employed and necessity self-employed. Higher R&D expenditures at the country level thus increase the quality of self-employment in the country. |
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