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Do Self-Employment Rates Converge? Evidence from European OECD Countries

George SaridakisMiguel A. Mendoza GonzalezRebeca Muñoz TorresChris Hand

出版	SSRN, 2019
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2R_bzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This article uses panel data methods for stationary and non-stationary data to examine whether self-employment rates converge for 21 OECD European countries from 1990 to 2011 (the period covered by the COMPENDIA database). This article shows that there is a process of conditional convergence of self-employment rates particularly within Southern, Northern and Western Europe. These regional groups were characterized by a decreasing trend in their average self-employment rates. However in Central Europe we find more mixed results across the tests used and observe a rising trend in the average self-employment rates. Finally, we find some weak evidence of convergence among all European countries.