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Aronson, R.L. 1991. Self-Employment: A Labor Market Perspective. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press.

Baldwin, J., L. Bain, R. Dupuy, and G. Gellatly. 2000. Failure rates for new Canadian firms: new perspectives on entry and exit. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 61-526-X. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Baldwin, J., D. Leung and L. Rispoli. 2011. Labour Productivity of Unincorporated Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships: Impact on the Canada-United States Productivity Gap. Economic Analysis Research Paper Series, no. 071. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11F0027M. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Baldwin, J., and L. Rispoli. 2010. Productivity Trends of Unincorporated Enterprises in the Canadian Economy, 1987 to 2005. The Canadian Productivity Review, no. 28. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 15-206-X. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

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Ciobanu, O., and W. Wang. 2012. Firm Dynamics: Firm Entry and Exit in Canada, 2000 to 2008. The Canadian Economy in Transition, no. 22. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11-622-M. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Davis, S., J. Haltiwanger, R. Jarmin, C. Krizan, J. Miranda, A. Nucci, and K. Sandusky. 2005. Measuring the dynamics of young and small businesses, integrating the employer and nonemployer universes. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, no. 13226. Cambridge, Massachusetts: National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Kamhi, N., and D. Leung. 2005. “Recent Developments in Self-employment in Canada.” Bank of Canada Working Paper, 2005-8. Ottawa: Bank of Canada.

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Kuhn, P., and H. Schuetze. 2001. “Self-Employment Dynamics and Self-Employment Trends: A Study of Canadian Men and Women, 1982–1998.” Canadian Journal of Economics 34 (3): 760–784.

LaRochelle-Côté, S. 2010. “Self-employment in the downturn.” Perspectives on Labour and Income 11 (3): 5–13. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75-001-X.

Leung, D., and C. Robinson. 2011. The dynamics of male self-employment in Canada: comparing the 1990s to the 2000s. Economic Analysis Research Paper Series, no. 73. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11F0027M. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Levine, R., and Y. Rubinstein. 2013. Smart and illicit: Who becomes an entrepreneur and does it pay? National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series, no. 19276. Cambridge, Massachusetts: National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Lin, Z., J. Yates and G. Picot. 1999. Rising Self-employment in the Midst of High Unemployment: An Empirical Analysis of Recent Developments in Canada. Analytical Studies Branch Research Papers Series, no. 133. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11F0019M. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Mondragón-Velez, C., and X. Peña. 2010. “Business ownership and self-employment in developing economies: the Colombian case.” International Differences in Entrepreneurship, ed. J. Lerner and A. Schoar, p. 89–127. National Bureau of Economic Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Rispoli, L. 2009. Measuring the Contribution of the Unincorporated Sector in the Canadian Economy, 1997 to 2002. Insights on the Canadian Economy, no. 23. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 11-624-M. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

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