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- Title
Self-employed But Looking: A Labour Market Experiment.
- Authors
Koellinger, Philipp D.; Mell, Julija N.; Pohl, Irene; Roessler, Christian; Treffers, Theresa
- Abstract
We examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a UK field experiment where two applications of otherwise equally qualified individuals were sent out in response to the same vacancies in human resource management, we find that entrepreneurs systematically receive fewer responses than non-entrepreneurs. Empirical studies that treat market wages as the opportunity cost of remaining self-employed are therefore likely to overestimate alternative earnings to entrepreneurship.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FREELANCERS; PERSONNEL management; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INCOME
- Publication
Economica, 2015, Vol 82, Issue 325, p137
- ISSN
0013-0427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecca.12115