The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a profound and damaging impact on the global economy, including the rise in unemployment. One of the significant trends that emerged from the pandemic is the decline of graduate recruitment volumes due to the closure of several business activities among...

While the literature has well documented effects of relative income within households on marriage satisfaction and housework distribution, whether and how male labor behavior is affected by the relative income remains unknown. Exploiting the data of Chinese General Social Survey, this study...

India is one of the youngest nation by population in the world and one of the fastest growing economy, with the average annual GDP growth of 6-7% making it fastest growing major economy. This would have never been possible with out the incubation of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship enables the...

■ Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, debts, especially among the vulnerable self-employed, have grown significantly. In recent months, high-interest lenders exhibited a rapid increase, raising associated credit risks.■ The analysis finds that policy financial support to individual...

We examine how wealth windfalls affect self-employment decisions using data on cash payments from claims on Texas shale drilling to people throughout the United States. Individuals who receive large wealth shocks (greater than $50,000) have 51% higher self-employment rates. The increase in...

Purpose - This study examines the impact of college education on incorporated and unincorporated selfemployments. It specifically compares the effects on African Americans and Hispanics with the effects on Whites. Design/methodology/approach - The study sample was drawn from the US Current...

Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up to 8.5 percentage points. We explain our findings within a...