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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| Language: | English |
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2016-06-01
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| Series: | IZA Journal of Labor Economics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40172-016-0046-8 |