Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35556 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3900
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and self-employment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment.
Subjects: 
Self-employment
state dependence
labor market dynamics
unemployment
JEL: 
J64
L26
C23
C25
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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