청년층의 창업 현황 및 창업 선택·유지기간 결정요인 분석

This study used Youth Panel data to examine the current status and characteristics of entrepreneurship among young people, analyze the factors that determine entrepreneurship, and analyze the factors that affect the duration of entrepreneurship. The results of the analysis showed that the proportion of males among young entrepreneurs was high, and the highest level of education was college graduates or higher. In addition, young entrepreneurs showed higher satisfaction in subcategories such as self-development, autonomy, commuting distance, and future prospects compared to employed young people, and in terms of industry distribution, young entrepreneurs were found to be concentrated in ‘wholesale and retail’ and ‘accommodation and food service’. The results of the estimation of factors determining the entrepreneurship of the youth showed that the possibility of entrepreneurship was higher among male, older, and less educated youth. In terms of factors determining the duration of entrepreneurship, the duration of entrepreneurship was longer as age increased, and the duration of entrepreneurship was shorter as education level increased. In terms of region, the duration of entrepreneurship was longer among youth entrepreneurs in non-metropolitan areas. In our country, the oversupply of the self-employed labor market is a problem. In this situation, a unilateral policy to stimulate self-employed startups will not bring about desirable policy effects. The government should actively consider intervention in labor market policies that can limit and improve the excessive concentration of the self-employed labor market in specific service industries. In other words, we need to improve the management capabilities of existing young self-employed workers and expand professional consulting services and job training experience opportunities for the establishment and expansion of businesses.