Entrepreneurship Versus Self-Employment in the Context of Social Changes in Romania: Individual and Contextual Factors

Social change in Romania the last 20 years have brought great changes in labor market structure. Theories of entrepreneurship distinguish between push and pull type of mechanisms explaining self-employment and business startup. The final aim is to assess the weight of the two types of entrepreneurs,...

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Published inEuropean Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Vol. 1; p. 45
Main Authors Badulescu, Alina, Hatos, Roxana
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Reading Academic Conferences International Limited 01.09.2013
Subjects
Age
Business ownership
Education
Employees
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Hypotheses
Job satisfaction
Labor market
Middle class
Self employment
Social change
Statistical analysis
Studies
Romania
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Summary:Social change in Romania the last 20 years have brought great changes in labor market structure. Theories of entrepreneurship distinguish between push and pull type of mechanisms explaining self-employment and business startup. The final aim is to assess the weight of the two types of entrepreneurs, by using recent survey data. The objective of the paper will be fulfilled by using bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques to analyzing most recent European Values Study data collected in Romania, which contains items identifying self-employed individuals. The results of the statistical analyses will be interpreted against the theories in the area and will be related with the economic and sociodemographic context of Romania. In the concluding chapter, the consequences of the findings for Romanian social and economic policies will be examined, and the necessity for the emergence of a solid economy and a large and a powerful middle class, will be discussed.
ISSN:2049-1050
2049-1069