Godine starosti i nivo obrazovanja pojedinca kao determinante preduzetničke aktivnosti
Age And Education As Determinants Of Entrepreneurship

Summary/Abstract: Age and educational level of individuals are considered to be important determinants of entrepreneurial activity in the models of the labour market status selection (self-employment versus paid employment selection). In addition to the presentation of different results and arguments for impact of these factors on the self-employment, the aim of this paper is to show the state and the dynamics of entrepreneurial activity, i.e. the self-employment in the Republic of Serbia in terms of age and educational structure of the self-employed. Quantitative analysis of the statistical data indicates that during the 2004-2011 period individuals aged 50-54 years were the most frequent among the self-employed in the Republic of Serbia, and that the half of the self-employed in the Republic of Serbia is over 50 years old. Analysis of the self-employed and employees educational structures in the Republic of Serbia suggests that the paid employment is the preferred employment option for more educated individuals, given the fact that the self-employment rate decreases with increasing levels of education, and that the relative share of individuals with the college and the university degree is two times higher in the structure of the employees than the share of these individuals in the structure of the self-employed.

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