Unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity

Philipp Koellinger; Maria Minniti

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.02.002

Unemployment benefits crowd out nascent entrepreneurial activity

Philipp Koellinger, Maria Minniti

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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).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	96-98
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	103
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.02.002
State	Published - May 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Business startups
Entrepreneurship
Unemployment benefits

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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