@article{5d5e2f1c23e7493d8efa42a63f69d091,
title = "Time allocation by the self-employed: the determinants of the number of working hours in start-ups",
abstract = "This article examines determinants of working hours by self-employed, explicitly discriminating between preference and productivity effects. A simple model of working hours is derived, not requiring expected profit data. The model is estimated using data from a dutch survey of 1350 start-ups. Outsourcing and number of employees appear related to both preference and productivity. The model has out-of-sample predictive power for the number of working hours.",
author = "M.A. Carree and I. Verheul",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1080/13504850701580542",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "1511--1515",
journal = "Applied Economics Letters",
issn = "1350-4851",
publisher = "Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group",
number = "15",
}