eprintid: 3442
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2021-02-26 10:38:54
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Cornelissen, Max
creators_id: S2955989
creators_email: m.d.cornelissen@student.rug.nl
title: Investigating the Regional Employment Effects of Solo Self-Employed in the Netherlands
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: The solo self-employed pool has increased amongst various European countries during the last two decades and became a considerable large source of income. Although recent empirical research suggests that solo self-employed entries may bring flexible services to incumbent firms, the exact economic impact of the solo self-employed group remains rather unclear. In this study, the overall contribution of the solo self-employed is followed over a period of ten years in which immediate and indirect effects are separated through an Almon polynomial distributed lag model. The results imply that solo self-employed stimulate the competition among incumbent firms rather than offer flexibility to the market. Furthermore, it was found that regional dissimilarities of the employment change induced by solo self-employed entrants could for a large part be clarified by respective differences of the indirect effects. Hence, the way solo self-employed interact with their regional environment plays a crucial role for explaining their influence on regional development. The results indicate that the indirect effects of solo self-employed entrants are more pronounced in agglomerations and the knowledge intensive sector.
date: 2021
pages: 46
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EG
tutors_name: Koster, S.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: Sierdjan.Koster@rug.nl
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keywords_local: solo self-employed
keywords_local: regional development
keywords_local: regional employment
keywords_local: immediate and indirect effects
keywords_local: flexibility
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2021-02-25
citation:   Cornelissen, Max  (2021) Investigating the Regional Employment Effects of Solo Self-Employed in the Netherlands.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3442/1/MasterThesis_MaxCornelissen.pdf