Arbeitspapier
On the misery of losing self-employment
German Socio-Economic Panel data is used to show that the decrease in life satisfaction caused by an increase in the probability of losing work is higher when self-employed than when paid employed. Further estimations reveal that becoming unemployed reduces self-employed workers' satisfaction considerably more than salaried workers' satisfaction. These results indicate that losing self-employment is an even more harmful life event than losing dependent employment. Monetary and non-monetary reasons seem to account for the difference between the two types of work. Moreover, it originates from the process of losing self-employment and the consequences of unemployment rather than from advantages of self-employment.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 699
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Entrepreneurship
- Subject
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life satisfaction
self-employment
probability of losing work
Unemployment
SOEP
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Hetschko, Clemens
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
- (where)
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Berlin
- (when)
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2014
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Hetschko, Clemens
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Time of origin
- 2014