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abstract: 'Purpose
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This paper aims to study the impact of micro-level socio-economic,
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demographic and geographical factors on the likelihood of
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self-employment entry of young adults in Palestine and filling a gap in
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the analysis of determinants of self-employment for young adults in
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Palestine.
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Design/methodology/approach
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The research design is based on a multinomial logistic (MNL) model and
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on the testing of seven hypotheses deriving from the review of the
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theoretical and empirical literature, using a micro-level longitudinal
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data set from the Palestinian Labour Force Surveys (PLFS) between 2009
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and 2016. In the analysis, the dependent variable (employment status) is
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a discrete variable that takes four unordered and independent outcomes:
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wage employee, self-employed, employer and unpaid family member.
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Findings
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This study has strong evidence that the likelihood of self-employment
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increases with age. However, results are inconsistent with the
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well-known curvilinear relationship between age and self-employment.
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Regarding the role of gender, results show that young men are more
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likely to become self-employed than young women. Results indicate that
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there is a significant and negative impact of an increasing level of
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education on self-employment entry for both youth and the whole
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population. On the opposite, training after graduation increases the
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likelihood of self-employment entry for youth with high education level.
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Besides, this paper finds that young workers living in urban areas have
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more likelihood to enter self-employment than those in rural areas and
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young workers in Gaza have more likelihood to enter self-employment than
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their counterparts in West Bank.
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Practical implications
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First, in both West Bank and Gaza, young women are less inclined to
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actively engage in self-employment, which confirms structural
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inequalities between men and women. Therefore, this study calls for
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social protection programmes and for national programmes that would
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promote and develop women''s self-employment. Second, because this paper
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finds that youth self-employment is more an opportunity-driven
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phenomenon than a necessity-driven one, this study calls for programmes
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that provide youth with small business grants and training on
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entrepreneurship and business models.
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Originality/value
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Insights are valuable as both government institutions and universities
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and entrepreneurial startups can benefit from knowing which factors
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contribute to the self-employment likelihood of youth in Palestine and
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use the policy recommendations to develop capacity-building programmes
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to provide the youth and women with skills and competencies which enable
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them to turn to self-employment.'
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affiliation: 'Morrar, R (Corresponding Author), An Najah Natl Univ, Nablus, Palestine.
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Morrar, Rabeh, An Najah Natl Univ, Nablus, Palestine.
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Amara, Mohamed, Univ Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Zwick, Helene Syed, ESLSCA Univ, Cairo, Egypt.'
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author: Morrar, Rabeh and Amara, Mohamed and Zwick, Helene Syed
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author-email: rabeh.morrar@najah.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Morrar
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given: Rabeh
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- family: Amara
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given: Mohamed
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- family: Zwick
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given: Helene Syed
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1108/JEEE-06-2020-0184
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earlyaccessdate: MAR 2021
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eissn: 2053-4612
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files: []
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issn: 2053-4604
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journal: JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
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keywords: 'Self-employment; Entrepreneurship; Palestine; Opportunity-based
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entrepreneurship; Necessity-based entrepreneurship'
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keywords-plus: 'NASCENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP; BUSINESS; GENDER; EDUCATION; SUCCESS; URBAN;
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START; SEGREGATION; PERFORMANCE; TRANSITION'
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language: English
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month: JAN 5
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '122'
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orcid-numbers: Morrar, Rabeh/0000-0002-8808-3714
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pages: 23-44
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papis_id: a373d01f5130e9c5f2b6b05f8788d567
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ref: Morrar2022determinantsselfempl
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researcherid-numbers: Morrar, Rabeh/AAC-2886-2022
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times-cited: '7'
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title: The determinants of self-employment entry of Palestinian youth
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000634285300001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '14'
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web-of-science-categories: Business
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year: '2022'
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