Purpose

This paper aims to study the impact of micro-level socio-economic, demographic and geographical factors on the likelihood of self-employment entry of young adults in Palestine and filling a gap in the analysis of determinants of self-employment for young adults in Palestine.

Design/methodology/approach

The research design is based on a multinomial logistic (MNL) model and on the testing of seven hypotheses deriving from the review of the theoretical and empirical literature, using a micro-level longitudinal data set from the Palestinian Labour Force Surveys (PLFS) between 2009 and 2016. In the analysis, the dependent variable (employment status) is a discrete variable that takes four unordered and independent outcomes: wage employee, self-employed, employer and unpaid family member.

Findings

This study has strong evidence that the likelihood of self-employment increases with age. However, results are inconsistent with the well-known curvilinear relationship between age and self-employment. Regarding the role of gender, results show that young men are more likely to become self-employed than young women. Results indicate that there is a significant and negative impact of an increasing level of education on self-employment entry for both youth and the whole population. On the opposite, training after graduation increases the likelihood of self-employment entry for youth with high education level. Besides, this paper finds that young workers living in urban areas have more likelihood to enter self-employment than those in rural areas and young workers in Gaza have more likelihood to enter self-employment than their counterparts in West Bank.

Practical implications

First, in both West Bank and Gaza, young women are less inclined to actively engage in self-employment, which confirms structural inequalities between men and women. Therefore, this study calls for social protection programmes and for national programmes that would promote and develop women’s self-employment. Second, because this paper finds that youth self-employment is more an opportunity-driven phenomenon than a necessity-driven one, this study calls for programmes that provide youth with small business grants and training on entrepreneurship and business models.

Originality/value

Insights are valuable as both government institutions and universities and entrepreneurial startups can benefit from knowing which factors contribute to the self-employment likelihood of youth in Palestine and use the policy recommendations to develop capacity-building programmes to provide the youth and women with skills and competencies which enable them to turn to self-employment.

中文翻译：

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巴勒斯坦青年自主创业的决定因素

目的

本文旨在研究微观社会经济、人口和地理因素对巴勒斯坦青年自主创业可能性的影响，填补巴勒斯坦青年自主就业决定因素分析的空白。 .

设计/方法/方法

研究设计基于多项逻辑 (MNL) 模型，并使用 2009 年巴勒斯坦劳动力调查 (PLFS) 的微观纵向数据集，对从理论和实证文献的审查中得出的七个假设进行检验。和 2016 年。在分析中，因变量（就业状况）是一个离散变量，它采用四个无序且独立的结果：有薪雇员、自雇人士、雇主和无薪家庭成员。

发现

这项研究有强有力的证据表明自雇的可能性随着年龄的增长而增加。然而，结果与众所周知的年龄和个体经营之间的曲线关系不一致。关于性别的作用，结果显示年轻男性比年轻女性更有可能成为自雇人士。结果表明，教育水平的提高对青年和整个人口的自营职业准入有显着的负面影响。相反，毕业后的培训增加了高学历青年自主创业的可能性。除了，

实际影响

首先，在西岸和加沙，年轻女性不太愿意积极从事自营职业，这证实了男女之间的结构性不平等。因此，本研究呼吁制定社会保护计划和促进和发展妇女自营职业的国家计划。其次，由于本文发现青年自营职业更多的是一种机会驱动的现象，而不是一种需要驱动的现象，因此本研究呼吁为青年提供小企业赠款以及创业和商业模式培训的计划。

原创性/价值

洞察力很有价值，因为政府机构和大学以及创业公司都可以从了解哪些因素有助于巴勒斯坦青年自营职业的可能性中受益，并利用政策建议制定能力建设计划，为青年和妇女提供技能和能力这使他们能够转向自谋职业。