Labor market conditions and self-employment: a Denmark-Spain comparison

Table 8 Predicted probabilities of entering into self-employment

	Denmark		Spain
	Women	Men	Women	Men
Standard¹ (from WE)	3.29	2.77	1.33	5.94
Without small children (from WE)	1.00	1.57	2.88	5.76
Low earnings²(from WE)	6.56	2.19	2.06	9.06
High earnings (from WE)	0.70	4.43	0.50	2.48
Unskilled (from WE)	2.41	1.44	4.02	9.07
Standard¹ (from NE)	18.66	6.04	35.81	44.37
Without small children (from NE)	7.24	6.44	23.89	42.10
With U. Benefits (from NE)	16.39	10.79	4.39	22.23

Notes: 1. Standard: age 40, married, spouse non self-employed, with children 0-2, skilled, Danish/Spanish citizen, without univ. education, health index =2, working hours 40, private sector, whole sale, job tenure 2 years and average wage and capital income. For non-employed probabilities, individual not receiving benefits. Unemployment rate 10%. 2. Low and high earnings are earnings half and double the average ones respectively.