An Exploratory Study on Previous Labour Market Status and Survival of Self-employment Startups at Older ages
본 연구는 50세 이상 중고령자 자영창업의 생존을 향상시키기 위한 지원 전략을 탐색하고자 국민노후보장패널 1~3차 자료를 이용하여 중고령자 자영업의 특성과 생존율을 파악하였으며, 특히 중고령 창업자의 창업전 취업형태가 자영업 생존율에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 탐색하였다. 연구결과, 중고령 자영업자는 창업전 취업형태에 따라 개인적 특성, 경제적 특성과 사업체 특성 면에서 이질적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 창업전 취업형태별 자영업 생존율은 창업전 임금근로집단이 가장 높은 반면, 창업전 자영업집단의 생존율은 가장 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 창업전 취업형태가 자영업의 생존율에 차이를 가져오는 중요한 역할을 한다는 것을 보여준다. 따라서 중고령자 자영창업의 생존율을 높이기 위한 자영업 지원 전략을 개발할 때는 이러한 창업전 취업형태의 이질성이 고려되어야 할 것이다.
The purpose of this study is to explore support strategies to improve survival of start-ups of self-employed workers after age 50, using Waves 1 to 3 of the Korean Retirement and Income Study. This study examines personal, economic and business characteristics and the survival rates of self-employment, and also investigates how founder's labor market status prior to self-employment entry affect survival rates of self-employment in particular.This study finds that self-employed older workers are heterogeneous in terms of labor market status prior to self-employment entry. And the results showed that older self-employed who previously worked in paid-employment prior to entering self-employment have the highest survival rate, while those who had prior self-employment experience have the lowest survival rate. The significants variables which effect differences in the survival rates of among three groups are different. The results reveals that differences in labor market status prior to entering self-employment play a important role in explaining the differences in survival rates. Therefore it is needed to consider this heterogeneity of 1abor market status prior to self-employment entry when designing startups support strategies for increasing survival rates of self-employment at older ages.