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Showing 1 to 20 of 129 for “"Self-employment"”.
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Whither self-employment?
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Self-employment and workplace wellbeing
… aims to investigate the relationship between self-employment and workplace wellbeing.The thesis consists of three empirical studies, which set out to answer the followingquestions: 1) What are the differences of workplace wellbeing between the self-employed and employees? 2) What factors …
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Three essays on microenterprises and self-employment
… declined substantially. Chapter Three: Self-employment in Times Of Crisis: The Case Of the Spanish Financial Crisis. While some researchers have suggested that the self-employment (SE) sector is a haven during a financial crisis, others believe that SE is not necessarily the desired …
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Determinants of non-farm self-employment in rural Virginia
… factors that influence the probability of being self-employed. Using an effective sample of 851 household heads, a model consisting of two dichotomous probit equations are specified and developed to determine the statistically significant factors that influence, first, the probability of labor …
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Women's move from employment to self-employment : understanding the transition
<p>This PhD explores women's move from employment to self-employment, examining their experiences and perceptions of this transition.</p> <p>In particular, it focuses on the following five central research questions:</p> <ol><li>How does the move from employment to self-employment fit in with a …
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Analysis of self-employment in prairie Canada from 1987-2006
… subset of the labour force in Prairie Canada, self-employed individuals, not employed in agriculture, with employees (SEWE) to test the hypothesis that economies with a higher proportion of entrepreneurs will grow persistently faster than economies with a smaller proportion. The analysis begins …
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The impact of entrepreneurship educations on entrepreneurial capacity and self-employment
… might not be enough to guarantee REM students employment prospect. More so, the issue of graduates’ employability in the job market is becoming more competitive in Malaysia. However, entrepreneurship education (EE) introduced in the Malaysian Higher learning institutions with the intention of …
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A Gendered Analysis of Formal Vocational Education, Skills Development, and Self-employment in Accra, Ghana: Exploring enterprise development and outcomes of women’s self-employment in the feminized trades
… for women in Ghana leads to sustainable self-employment in the urban informal sector (UIS) in Accra. The research adopts a qualitative methodological approach using interpretive analysis to gain an in-depth understanding of the primary data collected. A case study approach is adopted to …
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The role of household wealth in funding self-employment in European countries
… explores the role of household wealth in funding self-employment across euro-zone countries. The thesis considers key types of household wealth (i.e., assets, liabilities, income, and inheritances) and their components. It uses a highly detailed cross-country micro dataset constructed from three …
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The efficacy of apprenticeship training as preparation for self-employment in Kenya
… apprenticeships in preparing skilled workers for self-employment. The study attempted to determine the entrepreneurial knowledge and skills possessed by the apprentices, the method of skill acquisition, and relationship between competency and interest in self-employment.
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The determinants of self-employment relative to being a wage earner in Ladysmith, KZN
Following the unprecedented increase in the self-employment rates in South Africa, the study probes the determinants of self-employment relative to being a wage earner within the context of black owned businesses in Ladysmith, KZN. A questionnaire was administered to 450 respondents comprising 299 …
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Labour Market Dynamics of Self-employment in China: The Interplay of Institutions and Gender
Self-employment has been regarded as a possible means of job creation and economic stimulation by the central government of China. While self-employed individuals acted as the forerunners of private enterprises in the early reform era and played a vital role in China’s market transition, the …
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Perceptions of craftsmen and apprentices regarding self-employment skill acquisition in the Kenyan informal sector
… this study was to determine the extent to which self-employment skills were taught by craftsmen to apprentices involved in informal apprenticeship activities. The results were obtained from structured interviews with 52 craftsmen and 52 apprentices who were involved in apprenticeship activities …
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Explaining the low rate of migrant self-employment in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
… aim of the thesis is to explain the low rate of self-employment among migrants in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Despite efforts at a variety of scales to encourage self-employment and entrepreneurship among migrants, they are less likely to become self-employed in the RoI and NI …
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Encouraging self-employment amongst the youth in South Africa : will this help tackle the unemployment problem?
Encouraging young people to get involved in self-employment is a solution that is continuously echoed by policy makers as a way of addressing the perennial problem of youth unemployment. This paper investigates how entrepreneurship can be promoted amongst the youth in South Africa and whether this …
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Credit, self-employment, and poverty alleviation : a study of the Good Faith Fund in rural Arkansas
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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Women's Bargaining Power in the Household: Self -Employment Versus Wage Employment Among Low -Income Women in India
What's unique and interesting about these self-employed women is the immense shift in the amount of power they wield in the household context in a context where they have traditionally had limited power. This study finds that the women receiving some support from NGOs undoubtedly have more …
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