The Retired, the Resigned, or the Laid-off? Who are the Urban Self-employed?

Ting Zhang

The Retired, the Resigned, or the Laid-off? Who are the Urban Self-employed?

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The study investigates the relationship between three different types of unemployment and urban self-employment in China. In spite of numerous studies on factors driving entrepreneurship and self-employment, previous literature has not shed a consistent light on the association between unemployment and self-employment. This study therefore drills down to three different types of unemployment-retirement resignation, and layoff to further conduct this investigation. Data from the China Labor Statistical Yearbooks are used. A panel data model is adopted to examine three different unemployment forces for self-employment propensityretirement propensity, resignation propensity, and layoff propensity among the unemployed. We found that retirement and resignation among those unemployed are associated with selfemployment rate growth, while the effect of those laid-off is unclear. The study interpreted the findings and indicated research limitations and future research directions.

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Ting Zhang. 2014. "The Retired, the Resigned, or the Laid-off? Who are the Urban Self-employed?". Global Journal of Management and Business Research, Global Journal of Management and Business Research - B: Economic & Commerce GJMBR-B Volume 14 (GJMBR Volume 14 Issue B4).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJMBR

Print ISSN 0975-5853

e-ISSN 2249-4588

Keywords

China Entrepreneurship layoff resignation Retirement self-employment Unemployment

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GJMBR-B Classification JEL Code: M29

P25

Submission ReceivedDecember 15, 2013
Peer Review Double Blind
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Accepted December 31, 2013
Published January 15, 2014

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July 3, 2014

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