Self-employment

Child labour (3)
Employment structure (5)
Female work (8)
Full-time employment (4)
Holding of two jobs (3)
Moonlighting (3)
Non-standard employment (43)
Self-employment (65)
Unpaid work (6)
Youth employment (106)

Synopsis: Employment & working conditions: Employment: Employment structure: Self-employment:

With regard to the survival rate of businesses, there were at most 73 per cent of participants in self employment 12 months after cessation of NEIS allowance

while just 52 per cent were still in self employment 18 months after benefits ceased. The evaluation found that 73 per cent of †survivors†would have started a business without the NEIS scheme,

Key objectives of both schemes were to reduce unemployment and increase self employment. Evaluation of the deadweight impacts of both schemes suggests they were a success:

FÃ S has succeeded in its objective of progressing individuals to employment/self employment. Discussions with individual CEBS indicated that

Is entrepreneurship self employment? No, that†s not it. The self-employed typically sell their labour to perform a set of tasks,

The allowance encourages the long-term unemployed to take up self employment, and is paid on a reducing scale over a two year period,

and the applicant must not take up self employment until they have received written approval from the Local Development Company or the Department of Social Protection.

then we must fast track those people trying to take up self employment from the live register.

•Numbers of individuals starting a self employment project. •Numbers of newly incorporated companies. •Industry NACE code. •Startup size classification †number of employees

•Business survival rates. •Trends in new enterprise creation-self employment/companies. 61. A †Startup Monitor†should be produced

whether the definition of entrepreneurship should include self employment and intrapreneurship (the creation of new corporate subsidiaries).

National Policy Statement on Entrepreneurship in Ireland26 The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) will seek to further address poverty and social exclusion through front-line interventions and the provision of self employment

This work and its contribution towards self employment is set out in detail in the Pobal report â€oesupporting Inclusion through Self employment. †In the main,

The LECP will seek to address community and local development responses to employment, self employment and social enterprise.

The LECP will seek to address community and local development responses to employment, self employment and social enterprise.

G#3v 4526 Self employment 0#4#self employment Self employment G#3v 4527 Unpaid work 0#4#unpaid work Unpaid work

G#3v 4528 Youth employment 0#4#youth employment Youth employment G#2v 4529 Termination of employment G#3v 4530 Dismissal

Other important trends include fluctuations in self employment rates since the 2007-08 financial crisis, with significant differences between countries, after an initial rise soon followed by a fall. 9

self employment and compares European opinions with those outside of Europe, the image of entrepreneurs is relatively low in the EU:

motivation, choices, experiences and obstacles linked to self employment, and compares European opinions with those outside of Europe, people all over the world agree that

It includes wage employment, self employment, and farming. Under this categorization, entrepreneurship is a form and subset of self employment.

Self employment, though can be a double-edged sword. â€oemany businesses in developing countries are started not to exploit

Digital opportunities: Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment 3 business opportunities but because the owners cannot find satisfactory jobs. †2 In fact, â€oemost micro-and

This definition is intended not to diminish the importance of self employment. It is crucial for job creation

The Kiã t Program, self employment and microcredit for Roma in Hungary Piloting Stage Kiã t aims to support Roma to work in the formal economy by starting up a business.

and investment support for self employment and business creation can be very relevant for socially innovative start-ups

/The Kiã t Programme, self employment and microcredit for Roma in Hungary Kiã t aims to support Roma to work in the formal economy by starting up a business.

for self employment Considering the very high level of youth unemployment as a consequence of the crisis

labour demand and job creation through promoting and supporting self employment social enterprises and business start-ups The Single Market Act I, adopted in April 2011,

greater willingness to embrace self employment and other forms of entrepreneurship. This is clearly something to build on in the region via a greater focus on developing a culture of entrepreneurship at

through self employment programmes ï Setup a business incubation monitoring and evaluation system that assesses the performance of

Self employment Entry Across Groups. Journal of Business Venturing 10,143-156 Becker, G. 1965. Human Capital.

including self employment and start-ups, but this is likely to be hampered, to some extent, by the relatively low levels of human capital in the region.

training, self employment, assistance to all forms of start-ups, not only those connected with R&d&i ï Secondly, there is a clear divide between policy-making (the responsibility of the new

downturn in Andalusia may stimulate a greater willingness to embrace self employment and other forms of entrepreneurship.

Promote self employment to tackle unemployment and diversify the economy The rising levels of unemployment, the need to diversify the economy (e g. away from

businesses though self employment or creation of firms. Such an approach should not be driven solely by R&d&i considerations:

stimulation of self employment. It is unlikely that new institutions will be required (if anything institutional streamlining is needed.

take responsibility for a more targeted programme of support for self employment. However, this would require an evaluation of its current effectiveness in creating businesses,

Transiting from unemployment into self employment Description of the approach Germany has suffered from persistently high unemployment rate, as well as low self employment

rates. Consequently, a programme known as the †Start-up Subsidy†(SUS †Existenzgrã ndungszuschuss) was introduced in 2003 under

Germany had one of the lowest self employment rates in Europe (fluctuating between 10-11 percent) and yet experienced persistently high levels of unemployment (between 7-9 percent.

vocational educational training, employment subsidies, job creation schemes and self employment schemes targeting the registered unemployed. The policy has been successful in terms of uptake

both the probability of being in self employment and/or paid employment and the personal income are

Baumgartner, H. J. and Caliendo, M. 2007) Turning Unemployment into Self employment Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Start-up Programmes, DIW, Discussion Papers 671

responsible for vocational education, self employment programmes, and even for some entrepreneur training schemes. A by-product of this divide is that workforce development is aligned not as with

%threshold, it would be important to capture the potential of self employment programmes for both reducing joblessness and increasing business activity rates;

self employment programmes. Self employment has the potential to alleviate unemployment, enhance the long-term income of participants,

and positively impact on their career prospects by improving employability. Currently, however, self employment programmes are in the remit of the regional

ministry of employment. As a result, co-ordination and co-operation between the ministry of

because the success of self employment schemes is highly dependent on the training of participants, who are often unfamiliar with business management practices

through self employment programmes ï Setup a business incubation monitoring and evaluation system that assesses the performance of

self employment, but that is not an accurate definition. Furthermore, entrepreneurship often appears under different denominations, which explains why it is defined in

What is more significant is that it was to gain self employment by implementing their innovative ideas and/or to exploit market opportunities that majority

Indeed, self employment represents one of the most important job options for women, especially for women in developing economies.

sectors and self employment †and other barriers to consumption expenditure, such as access and availability of products, may be relevant. 34 Data

31 Household incomes include wages, salaries, self employment incomes, capital and property income, private transfers and

H200709 12-10-2007 Does Self employment Reduce Unemployment H200708 10-9-2007 Social security arrangements and early-stage entrepreneurial

H200622 1-12-2006 Determinants of self employment preference and realization of women and men in Europe and the United states

workplace, or move on to self employment. The positive results gained from its work with women across Bristol have led to the project†s longevity:

as self employment, a new enterprise, or the expansion of an existing social enterprise by an individual

Training, small-scale self employment and employment schemes all need to be promoted, they say, as part of a major expansion of social enterprise culture

Self employment is a less popular option today than it was in 2009, with a clear majority in the European

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