Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Koellinger, Ph.D.
Author-Name-Last: Koellinger
Author-Name-First: Philipp
Author-Person: pko149
Author-Name: Minniti, M.
Author-Name-Last: Minniti
Author-Name-First: Maria
Title: Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity
Abstract: Analyzing a cross-country panel of 16 OECD countries from 2002 to 2005, we find that higher unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity. Our results hold regardless of entrepreneurial motivation (necessity or opportunity) and entrepreneurial type (imitative or innovative).
Creation-Date: 2008-03-25
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/11808/ERS-2008-012-ORG.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2008-012-ORG
Classification-JEL: J65, M, M13, O32
Keywords: business startups, entrepreneurship, unemployment benefits
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:11808