The identification of the impact of bidirectional self-employment factors on self-employment start-up and duration: Latvian case

The aim of the article is to identify the impact of bidirectional factors on self-employment start-up and duration in Latvia applying the method of expert evaluation. The results have revealed that, from different factor groups, positive impact on self-employment in Latvia is made by financial business support measures (a political factor), good individual financial position, i.e. obtained/inherited assets (an economic factor), and education (a demographical factor). The biggest negative impact on self-employment is made by too strict labour market regulation and financial restrictions. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).