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Not so risky business? How social policies shape the perceived feasibility of self-employment
Rapp, Carolin
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Shore, Jennifer
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Tosun, Jale
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928717711973
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URL:
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0958...
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Weitere URL:
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318339225...
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Dokumenttyp:
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Zeitschriftenartikel
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Erscheinungsjahr:
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2018
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Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe:
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Journal of European Social Policy
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Band/Volume:
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28
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Heft/Issue:
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2
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Seitenbereich:
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143-160
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Ort der Veröffentlichung:
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London ; Los Angeles, CA
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Verlag:
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Sage Publications
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ISSN:
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0958-9287 , 1461-7269
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Sprache der Veröffentlichung:
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Englisch
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Einrichtung:
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Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > MZES - Arbeitsbereich B
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Fachgebiet:
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320 Politik
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Abstract:
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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.
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