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VALENCIA AGUDELO, Germán Darío. SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. A LABOR HYPOTHESIS THAT HELPS EXPLAINING ONE OF THE STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY GOVERNMENTS FOR FACING MARKET PROGRESS. Semest. Econ. [online]. 2012, vol.15, n.32, pp.103-128. ISSN 0120-6346.

Since the 1990's a massive culture around entrepreneurship has started worldwide. Governments have implemented this strategy since the beginning of the twentieth century, to face political, economic and social progress that the market generates. This article hypothesizes that governments promote the culture of entrepreneurship as a mean to create jobs and increase competitiveness, while seeking to increase the income of citizens and improve social welfare and governance. In order to formulate the hypothesis, a literature review is carried out, where the growing interest of both national and local Governments for sponsoring entrepreneurship can be evidenced through the public policies they apply.

Palabras clave : Entrepreneurship; self-employment; business creation; public policies.

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