Human Capital, Liquidity, Family Factors, and Self-Employment

陳昭宇(Chao-Yu Chen)

指導教授 ： 吳世英

國立清華大學/科技管理學院/經濟學系/碩士(2006年)

https://doi.org/10.6843/NTHU.2006.00514

摘要

This paper investigates how human capital, liquidity, and family and demographic factors contribute to self-employment. A simple mathematical model is built up for analysis and the logit regression is used as econometric method. After analyzing 1999 data of Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD) we find human capital and family factors contribute to self-employment more than financial liquidity. More specifically, we find that male with average education is more likely to become self-employed.

關鍵字

Self-employment ； human capital ； entrepreneur ； liquidity ； logit model

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