Key reasons and difficulties to be self-employed in Bulgaria Cover Image

Причини за стартиране и основни трудности пред самозаетите лица в България
Key reasons and difficulties to be self-employed in Bulgaria

Author(s): Ivan Petrov
Subject(s): National Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Икономически университет - Варна
Keywords: self-employed; employer; entrepreneurship; self-employment
Summary/Abstract: This work presents an analysis for the key reasons and difficulties that self-employed people face in Bulgaria on the basis of a labor force sample survey in the In EU’s Community ad hoc module of self-employment. Key motives behind being self-employed are categorized in the following three groups: self-driven decision, forced decision, and miscellaneous. The report shows that the uncertainty, the lack of financial stability and the administrative difficulties are the main issues entrepreneurs face. The analysis is done considering different types of self-employment, sex and economic sectors.