Self-Employment as a Route In and Out of Britain's South East
基于英国家庭追踪调查数据，检验英国东南部是否通过内部迁移输出创业文化并获取创业资源，发现该地区流失创业者，且迁出者更易退出自雇，质疑其作为自雇“电梯”的作用。
Reuschke D. Self-employment as a route in and out of Britain's South East, Regional Studies. Based on A. J. Fielding's Escalator Region Model (ERM) on South East England, this paper examines whether the South East exports its ‘entrepreneurial culture’ and gains entrepreneurial resources through internal migration using the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) 1991–2008. Results show that, consistent with the ERM, the region loses entrepreneurs. However, importantly, out-migrants from the South East are more likely to exit subsequently from self-employment relative to other UK internal migrants. Despite its economic functions, the South East is no more likely to attract (would-be) self-employed entrepreneurs than other regions. This calls into question to what extent the South East acts as an ‘escalator’ in terms of self-employment.