Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data

Self-employment constitutes a significant share of the workforce in Serbia. Due to the equallyhigh poverty as well as self-employment rates in Serbia, this paper aims to examine whether there isany prevalence between the two. Moreover, it also seeks to investigate what detriments exist withinself-em...

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Main Authors: Kosovka Ognjenovic, Dejana Pavlović, Duško Bodroža
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University in Belgrade 2022-11-01
Series:Serbian Journal of Management
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Online Access:https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/sjm/article/view/40150/21598
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description Self-employment constitutes a significant share of the workforce in Serbia. Due to the equallyhigh poverty as well as self-employment rates in Serbia, this paper aims to examine whether there isany prevalence between the two. Moreover, it also seeks to investigate what detriments exist withinself-employment that keep or lead to poverty among self-employed people. The research is based onboth longitudinal and cross-sectional SILC data. The main results indicated higher poverty exposurefor solo entrepreneurs and those employed in family enterprises. Businesses run by men, low-skilledindividuals, and young entrepreneurs are all at a much higher risk of poverty than other entrepreneursor employees, especially those represented by women and highly educated individuals. The paperprovides significant inputs for (1) managing differences within the active population at risk ofincome poverty and (2) monitoring outcomes of the self-employed, given that more than half of themare involved in the agricultural sector.
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spelling doaj.art-4f6f1f33898e47b28d9daff3f8e5e6172023-01-04T10:13:27ZengUniversity in BelgradeSerbian Journal of Management1452-48642217-71592022-11-0117238940110.5937/sjm17-40150Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc dataKosovka Ognjenovic0Dejana Pavlović1Duško Bodroža2Institute of Economic Sciences, 12 Zmaj Jovina Str., 11000 BelgradeInstitute of Economic Sciences, 12 Zmaj Jovina Str., 11000 BelgradeInstitute of Economic Sciences, 12 Zmaj Jovina Str., 11000 BelgradeSelf-employment constitutes a significant share of the workforce in Serbia. Due to the equallyhigh poverty as well as self-employment rates in Serbia, this paper aims to examine whether there isany prevalence between the two. Moreover, it also seeks to investigate what detriments exist withinself-employment that keep or lead to poverty among self-employed people. The research is based onboth longitudinal and cross-sectional SILC data. The main results indicated higher poverty exposurefor solo entrepreneurs and those employed in family enterprises. Businesses run by men, low-skilledindividuals, and young entrepreneurs are all at a much higher risk of poverty than other entrepreneursor employees, especially those represented by women and highly educated individuals. The paperprovides significant inputs for (1) managing differences within the active population at risk ofincome poverty and (2) monitoring outcomes of the self-employed, given that more than half of themare involved in the agricultural sector.https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/sjm/article/view/40150/21598economic activitypovertyself-employmentserbiasilc
spellingShingle Kosovka Ognjenovic
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Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data
Serbian Journal of Management
economic activity
poverty
self-employment
serbia
silc
title Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data
title_full Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data
title_fullStr Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data
title_full_unstemmed Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data
title_short Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian silc data
title_sort are the self employed at a higher poverty risk empirical evidence from serbian silc data
topic economic activity
poverty
self-employment
serbia
silc
url https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/sjm/article/view/40150/21598
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