@article {Robson:1998:0003-6846:313,
title = "Self-employment in the UK regions",
journal = "Applied Economics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/raef",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "1998",
volume = "30",
number = "3",
publication date ="1998-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "313-322",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0003-6846",
eissn = "1466-4283",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/raef/1998/00000030/00000003/art00002",
doi = "doi:10.1080/000368498325831",
author = "Robson, Martin T.",
abstract = "The significant regional variations which exist in the rate of self-employment among UK males are highlighted and attempts made to explain them. Using pooled crosssection time-series data for the period 1973 - 93, it is found that in the long run, regional rates of self-employmentare a function of the real value of net housing wealth and the industry composition of regional GDP. However, a significant proportion of regional variations in self-employment can only be explained by regional 'fixed effects', which reflect fundamental long-term influences which make some regions more fertile environments for self-employment than others.",
}