Purpose – Many unemployed people become self‐employed. Self‐employment, however, does not necessarily lead to success. The main objective of the paper is to compare the economic outcome and success as self‐employed between those who entered self‐employment from paid employment,...

Purpose – Many unemployed people become self-employed. Self-employment, however, does not necessarily lead to success. The main objective of the paper is to compare the economic outcome and success as self-employed between those who entered self-employment from paid employment, unemployment...

Purpose – Many unemployed people become self-employed. Self-employment, however, does not necessarily lead to success. The main objective of the paper is to compare the economic outcome and success as self-employed between those who entered self-employment from paid employment, unemployment...