This article aims is to address whether, and to what extent, socioeconomic conditions
influence entrepreneurship-based activities in 18 European countries grouped into …

We demonstrate why meaningful work, ie job-related activities that individuals view as
purposeful and worthwhile, matters to labour economists. Building on self-determination …

Although there have been many studies on the subjective well-being of entrepreneurs, these
have compared entrepreneurs' well-being with those of non-entrepreneurs, or with …

This study investigates why and where self-employment is related to higher levels of
eudaimonic well-being. We focus on meaningfulness as an important eudaimonic process …

Despite being a worldwide disaster, the COVID‐19 pandemic has also provided an
opportunity for renewed discussion about the way we work. By contextualizing in the early …

Over the past two decades, necessity entrepreneurs—those who engage in
entrepreneurship because of a belief that decent or desirable livelihood alternatives do not …

Necessity entrepreneurship (NE) describes the process of venturing a business out of need
when alternative options are seemingly absent. Whereas prior research typically …

Self-employment contributes to employment growth and innovativeness and many
individuals want to become self-employed due to the autonomy and flexibility it brings. Using …

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people's mental
health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential …

This study investigates how entrepreneurial health and spousal health influence monetary
and non-monetary entrepreneurial success. Drawing on human capital theory in …