Does Unemployment Contribute to Self-employment and Productivity in Regions? A Causal Examination Adopting a Cross-Lagged Design

• Entrepreneurship programmes has frequently been viewed as a policy intervention mechanism for reducing unemployment. Some have gone so far as to propose that entrepreneurship development to be the panacea for unemployment reduction. Theoretical work and empirical results have been inconclusive in relation to whether unemployment fosters self-employment or if it is the other way around. In this empirical study we examine the dynamic relationship between unemployment, self-employment and regional productivity adopting a cross-lagged design to assert the causal relationship between the variables. Results reveal that levels of self-employment and regional productivity predicts decreased unemployment. Results do not reveal unemployment to predict self-employment and regional productivity. 

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Unemployment

Self-employment

Entrepreneurship

Regional productivity

Entreprenörskap och innovation

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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