Business Start-Ups and Youth Self-Employment in Spain: A Policy Literature Review

The aims of this paper are fourfold. The first aim is to examine how self-employment is defined and the characteristics of those most likely to go into self-employment. The second aim is to provide an overview of national policies which encourage self-employment and entrepreneurship in Spain. The third aim is to critically examine concerns associated with the quality of self-employed work. Based

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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 613256. The authors are grateful for comments on an earlier version of this report provided by Jackie O’Reilly and two anonymous peer reviewers.