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Ambitious Entrepreneurship and Migration
A Multi-Level Study across the Local Authorities in England and Wales
Research Paper No 47
Mark Hart, Aston University
Tomasz Mickiewicz, Aston University
We consider why both immigrants and regional migrants may embark on different types of entrepreneurial projects: high versus low aspiration; opportunity driven versus necessity driven. Next, using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor data, we construct a multiple-years sample of UK working age population with wide spatial coverage, and apply a multi-level multinomial logit model to test and compare propensities of migrants to enter into different forms of entrepreneurship.
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Decomposing UK aggregate labour productivity and growth: 1998-2013 using the ONS business structure database data
Research Paper No. 48
Jun Du, Aston University
Karen Bonner , Aston University
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of UK labour productivity patterns and contributing factors over the 1997-2013 period. Based on the ONS Business Structure Database (BSD), we present a full picture of the UK firms’ productivity patterns in the whole economy over the examined period and in particular during the “Great Recession”, at aggregate level, sector level, and among heterogeneous groups.
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Understanding self-employment
Insight Paper
This Insight Paper presents the key findings of studies presented at the "Understanding Self-Employment” workshop organised by the Microbusiness Research Portal with the support of the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR) at Middlesex University Business School on the 7th June 2016. The seminar explored the recent increase in self-employment in the UK, discussed the problems related to the definition of self-employment and presented the implications for policy development.
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