Why Singapore's university graduates do or do not want to be self-employed : an empirical analysis of the determinants

This study empirically analyses the determinants of Singapore's university graduates' employment decision between self employment and salaried employment. The binary probit model is used to estimate the effect of certain variables on the employment decision of university graduates in Singa...

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Main Author: Azlan Ghazali
Other Authors: B.C. Ghosh
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20161
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Summary:This study empirically analyses the determinants of Singapore's university graduates' employment decision between self employment and salaried employment. The binary probit model is used to estimate the effect of certain variables on the employment decision of university graduates in Singapore, in addition to preliminary descriptive analysis.