Self-employment, start-up incentives and political ideology

Stefano Horst Baruffaldi (1) , Marianna Marino (2) , Pierpaolo Parrotta (3)

1 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2 BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
3 Maastricht University [Maastricht]

We find evidence that public start-up incentives promote self-employment. This public policy seems to affect more women than men.

Mots clés: Self-employment; Start-up incentives; Political ideology

Domaines: Gestion et management

Stefano Horst Baruffaldi, Marianna Marino, Pierpaolo Parrotta. Self-employment, start-up incentives and political ideology. Applied Economics Letters, 2016, 23 (4), pp.250-254. ⟨10.1080/13504851.2015.1068914⟩. ⟨hal-01512864⟩