Self-employment in an equilibrium model of the labor market

Abstract Self-employed workers account for between 8 and 30 % of participants in the labor markets of OECD countries (Blanchower, Self-employment: more may not be better, 2004). This paper develops and estimates a general equilibrium model of the labor market that accounts for this sizable proportio...

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Main Author: Jake Bradley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Economics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40172-016-0046-8