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Self-employment as a route in and out of Britain's South East

Self-employment as a route in and out of Britain's South East
Self-employment as a route in and out of Britain's South East
Based on A. J. Fielding's Escalator Region Model (ERM) on South
East England, this paper examines whether the South East exports its
‘entrepreneurial culture’ and gains entrepreneurial resources through
internal migration using the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
1991–2008. Results show that, consistent with the ERM, the region loses
entrepreneurs. However, importantly, out-migrants from the South East
are more likely to exit subsequently from self-employment relative to
other UK internal migrants. Despite its economic functions, the South
East is no more likely to attract (would-be) self-employed entrepreneurs
than other regions. This calls into question to what extent the South
East acts as an ‘escalator’ in terms of self-employment.
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Reuschke, Darja
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Reuschke, Darja
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Reuschke, Darja (2015) Self-employment as a route in and out of Britain's South East. Regional Studies, 49 (4), 665-680. (doi:10.1080/00343404.2013.799764).

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Abstract

Based on A. J. Fielding's Escalator Region Model (ERM) on South
East England, this paper examines whether the South East exports its
‘entrepreneurial culture’ and gains entrepreneurial resources through
internal migration using the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
1991–2008. Results show that, consistent with the ERM, the region loses
entrepreneurs. However, importantly, out-migrants from the South East
are more likely to exit subsequently from self-employment relative to
other UK internal migrants. Despite its economic functions, the South
East is no more likely to attract (would-be) self-employed entrepreneurs
than other regions. This calls into question to what extent the South
East acts as an ‘escalator’ in terms of self-employment.

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Published date: 2015
Organisations: Geography & Environment

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Local EPrints ID: 399756
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/399756
ISSN: 0034-3404
PURE UUID: c8f34675-53d0-482f-ad1c-498a05f9f095
ORCID for Darja Reuschke: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-1801

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Date deposited: 31 Aug 2016 17:00
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:54

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