.... As Mortensen and Pissarides (1998 , p. 734) put it “The conventional view is that old jobs are destroyed when new technologies arrive, but these are subsequently replaced by more productive employment opportunities.” Research conducted in recent years, however, has called this conclusion into question...

... if there are additional effects on the annual sales for firms that are self-employed in high-cost states that are not explained through the individual estimations. Since the choice of self-employment is plausibly nonrandom, this study also uses a propensity score matching method to develop a matched subsample of self...

...Kathleen Grace Purpose Small businesses file taxes in accordance with the personal income tax code because they are considered flow-through entities. Thus, personal income tax reforms directly affect the incentives small business owners face regarding employment and operations. The paper aims...

...Stefan Fölster; Li Jansson; Anton Nyrenström Gidehag Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse empirically whether policies to improve the local business climate affect employment in general, and among groups of immigrants that suffer from structural unemployment. Design/methodology...

...Stephan F. Gohmann; Bradley K. Hobbs; Myra J. McCrickard Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impact of economic freedom on entrepreneurial activity in the service sector. Specifically, the paper examines how economic freedom at the state level affects employment among North...

...Jeffrey R. Cornwall; William J. Dennis, Jr Purpose This paper aims to examine some basic pathways to bring issues of public policy into entrepreneurship classes. Design/methodology/approach The paper looks at policy issues related to taxation, regulation and employment which all offer...