Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Koellinger, Ph.D.
Author-Name-Last: Koellinger
Author-Name-First: Philipp
Author-Person: pko149
Author-Name: Mell, J.N.
Author-Name-Last: Mell
Author-Name-First: Julija
Author-Name: Pohl, I.
Author-Name-Last: Pohl
Author-Name-First: Irene
Author-Name: Roessler, C.
Author-Name-Last: Roessler
Author-Name-First: Christian
Author-Name: Treffers, T.
Author-Name-Last: Treffers
Author-Name-First: Theresa
Title: Self-Employed but Looking: A Labor Market Experiment
Abstract: We examine whether having previously been self-employed is a negative signal on the job market. In a UK field experiment where two applications of otherwise equally qualified individuals were sent out in response to the same vacancies in human resource management, we find that entrepreneurs systematically receive fewer responses than non-entrepreneurs. Empirical studies that treat market wages as the opportunity cost of remaining self-employed are therefore likely to overestimate alternative earnings to entrepreneurship.
Creation-Date: 2012-12-06
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/38004/ERS-2012-022-ORG.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:eureri
Number: ERS-2012-022-ORG
Classification-JEL: C93, J62, J71, L26, M00, M51
Keywords: discrimination, entrepreneurial incomes, natural field experiment, occupational choice, self-employment
Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:38004