The decision to be self-employed has been studied in numerous scholarly papers. In particular, there has been interest in the decision to become an entrepreneur in relation to the macroeconomic climate. Scholars reference the potential for an economic boom to "pull" entrepreneurs into self-employment. On the other side of the debate, scholars argue that recessions "push" individuals with low skills into working for themselves. This paper finds no evidence of either theory when looking at state level growth rates in real gross domestic product and state level growth rates in unemployment claims. However, there is evidence of a differing effect of the macro environment by age and educational attainment / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Economics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester 2015. / July 15, 2015. / 2001 Recession, entrepreneurship, labor economics, Macroeconomics, Recession, Self-Employment / Includes bibliographical references. / Anastasia Semykina, Professor Directing Thesis; Carl Kitchens, Committee Member; Christopher Clapp, Committee Member; Katie Sherron, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253173 |
| Contributors | Wilkins, Spencer M. (Spencer Morty) (authoraut), Semykina, Anastasia (professor directing thesis), Kitchens, Carl T. (committee member), Clapp, Christopher M. (Christopher Marshall) (committee member), Sherron, Katie A. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (degree granting college), Department of Economics (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (33 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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