Senior self-employment - the case of the Netherlands

TY - CHAP

T1 - Senior self-employment - the case of the Netherlands

AU - Damman, M.

AU - van Solinge, H.

PY - 2019/12

Y1 - 2019/12

N2 - In the Netherlands, senior self-employment – defined as working in self-employment beyond state pension age – is on the rise. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of existing insights about senior self-employment in the Netherlands. After describing the institutional context, and presenting national statistics, in this chapter an overview is provided of two streams of literature related to senior self-employment. On the one hand, attention is paid to literature on the career self-employed and their retirement preparation and retirement behaviour. On the other hand, attention is paid to literature and new descriptive findings on post-retirement entry into self-employment (of former wage-employed workers). The existing empirical evidence suggests that for both groups of senior self-employed persons – both continuers and starters – prolonged employment was in the recent past often driven by opportunity. However, there are some indications that for future cohorts financial motives may start playing a more important role.

AB - In the Netherlands, senior self-employment – defined as working in self-employment beyond state pension age – is on the rise. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of existing insights about senior self-employment in the Netherlands. After describing the institutional context, and presenting national statistics, in this chapter an overview is provided of two streams of literature related to senior self-employment. On the one hand, attention is paid to literature on the career self-employed and their retirement preparation and retirement behaviour. On the other hand, attention is paid to literature and new descriptive findings on post-retirement entry into self-employment (of former wage-employed workers). The existing empirical evidence suggests that for both groups of senior self-employed persons – both continuers and starters – prolonged employment was in the recent past often driven by opportunity. However, there are some indications that for future cohorts financial motives may start playing a more important role.

U2 - 10.4337/9781788116213

DO - 10.4337/9781788116213

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9781788116206

SP - 300

EP - 326

BT - Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and ageing

A2 - Karlsson, C.

A2 - Backman, M.

A2 - Kekezi, O.

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

ER -