Not so risky business? How social policies shape the perceived feasibility of self-employment
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Not so risky business? How social policies shape the perceived feasibility of self-employment . / Rapp, Carolin; Shore, Jennifer; Tosun, Jale.
I: Journal of European Social Policy, Bind 28, Nr. 2, 5, 01.05.2018, s. 143-160.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Not so risky business?
T2 - How social policies shape the perceived feasibility of self-employment
AU - Rapp, Carolin
AU - Shore, Jennifer
AU - Tosun, Jale
N1 - doi: 10.1177/0958928717711973
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - This article addresses ongoing debates about whether the welfare state hinders or fosters self-employment. Starting a business can be an inherently risky undertaking and is thus not a feasible option for all people. Policies that have the potential to shoulder some of this risk can be particularly important for the decision to enter into self-employment. Taking individual differences in terms of risk tolerance into account, we focus on unemployment protection for the self-employed ? a type of risk which is particularly difficult to privately insure oneself against ? in order to investigate the ways in which policy can shape people?s perceptions of self-employment. We combine individual-level data from a 2009 Flash Eurobarometer survey with country-level data on unemployment policies in Europe in a multilevel design, finding that the presence of unemployment protection for the self-employed positively influences individual perceptions of the feasibility of self-employment. Risk-tolerant individuals, moreover, are found to be even more likely to assess self-employment as a feasible option in countries that offer unemployment protection to the self-employed.
AB - This article addresses ongoing debates about whether the welfare state hinders or fosters self-employment. Starting a business can be an inherently risky undertaking and is thus not a feasible option for all people. Policies that have the potential to shoulder some of this risk can be particularly important for the decision to enter into self-employment. Taking individual differences in terms of risk tolerance into account, we focus on unemployment protection for the self-employed ? a type of risk which is particularly difficult to privately insure oneself against ? in order to investigate the ways in which policy can shape people?s perceptions of self-employment. We combine individual-level data from a 2009 Flash Eurobarometer survey with country-level data on unemployment policies in Europe in a multilevel design, finding that the presence of unemployment protection for the self-employed positively influences individual perceptions of the feasibility of self-employment. Risk-tolerant individuals, moreover, are found to be even more likely to assess self-employment as a feasible option in countries that offer unemployment protection to the self-employed.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Personality
KW - risk
KW - self-employment
KW - unemployment insurance
KW - welfare policy
U2 - 10.1177/0958928717711973
DO - 10.1177/0958928717711973
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 143
EP - 160
JO - Journal of European Social Policy
JF - Journal of European Social Policy
SN - 0958-9287
IS - 2
M1 - 5
ER -
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