Naslov
Self-Employment: Personal Characteristics of the Self-Employed and Impact on Economic Growth

Autori
Škalamera-Alilović, Dunja ; Arbula Blecich, Andrea ; Blažeković, Kristijan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Interdisciplinary Management Research XIII/ Interdisziplinäre Managementforschung XIII / Bacher, Urban ; Barković, Dražen ; Dernoscheg, Karl-Heinz ; Lamza-Maronić, Maja ; Matić, Branko ; Pap, Norbert ; Runzheimer, Bodo - Opatija : Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku ; Hochschule Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, 2017, 577-594

Skup
INTERDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE XIII

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 19.05.2017. - 21.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
self-employment, unemployment, business cycle,

Sažetak
Self-employment is one of the key elements for the restructuring of the labor market and the economic recovery. This paper observes self- employed persons as part of the labor force with the aim to determine their similarity with entrepreneurs and employed persons, but also their specifics that make them a distinctive category. Self-employment is analyzed at the level of an individual based on its personal characteristics as well as a macroeconomic phenomenon. Self-employment is influenced by two groups of factors: "push" (self- employment as an escape from unemployment) and "pull" (self-employment, which resembles the entrepreneurship). The results indicate that self- employment is more common among older people, men, in agriculture and among people without the necessary qualifications for running a sustainable business. While the EU underlines self-employment as a driver of the economy and as solution for unemployment in the vulnerable groups of the labor market, the paper shows that self-employment decreases at the EU level. In most countries, the dynamics of self-employment is influenced by the "push" factors, especially during the recession, which greatly affects unemployment. It is concluded that self-employment, in most EU countries, is a result of the discrimination in the labor market and the inability to create new jobs, rather than being a voluntary decision based on a perceived business opportunity. The analysis has shown that self-employment does not have a positive impact on macroeconomic indicators. Furthermore, it has a weak role in the creation of jobs due to the low share of self-employed who act as employers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

Napomena
Ovaj rad je nastao uz potporu Sveučilišta u Rijeci u
okviru projekta: Koncepti i metode troškovnog i
upravljačkog računovodstva u javnom sektoru
Republike Hrvatske (br. 13.02.1.2.09.)

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