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Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity


P. Koellinger


Erasmus School of Economics; Tinbergen Institute; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Maria Minniti


Southern Methodist University
25 2008 3,

ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2008-012-ORG

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).

Number of Pages in PDF File: 12

Keywords: entrepreneurship, business startups, unemployment benefits

JEL Classification: M13, O32, M, J65

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Date posted: January 17, 2009  

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Koellinger, P. and Minniti, Maria, Unemployment Benefits Crowd Out Nascent Entrepreneurial Activity (25 2008 3,). ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2008-012-ORG. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1328202

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Philipp Koellinger (Contact Author)
Erasmus School of Economics ( email )
Netherlands
Tinbergen Institute ( email )
Burg. Oudlaan 50
Rotterdam, 3062 PA
Netherlands
Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) ( email )
P.O. Box 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands
Maria Minniti
Southern Methodist University ( email )
P.O. Box 750333
Dallas, TX 75275-0333
United States
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