Moving shop: residential and business relocation by the highly educated self-employed

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Abstract

This study addresses the locational puzzle concerning the optimization of firm and residential locations faced by highly educated self-employed entrepreneurs. In contrast to employees, the self-employed have considerable leverage in changing their firm location, which gives them an additional option - apart from a residential move - to resolve household locational issues. Two results stand out. Firstly, firms are generally located very close to the residential location. This reinforces the idea that entrepreneurship is a local event. Secondly, if other economic activities need to be considered, firm relocation is often used to resolve the locational puzzle.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)436-464
Number of pages29
JournalSpatial Economic Analysis
Volume9
Issue number4
Early online date2-Oct-2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4-Nov-2014

Keywords

  • firm location
  • highly educated
  • self-employment
  • residential location

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