Entrepreneurship in the UK

This paper examines the causes and consequences of changes in the incidence ofentrepreneurship in the UK. Self-employment as a proportion of total employment is high byinternational standards in the United Kingdom, but the share has fluctuated over time. Weexamine the time series movements in self-employment, which are dominantly driven byfinancial liberalisation and changes in taxation rules, especially as they relate to theconstruction sector which is the dominant sector...

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Year of publication:	2007-06-01
Authors:	Blanchflower, David G. ; Shadforth, Chris
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Arbeit \| Labor \| Selbständige Arbeit \| Geschäftsführung

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Extent:	372736 bytes 102 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 2818 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; Management and organisation. Other aspects ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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