Does Self-Employment Pay? The Role of Unemployment and Earnings Risk
Abstract
Examines the returns to self-employment through the lens of unemployment exposure and earnings risk.
Type
Publication
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 86
Status
Peer-reviewed
Open access
This paper evaluates self-employment returns while accounting for unemployment and earnings-risk trade-offs.
Authors
Assistant Professor of Economics
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Southern Methodist University and a CESifo Research Network Research Affiliate. My research combines rich micro-data with quantitative models to study how labor-market risk, fiscal transfers, and local economic conditions shape heterogeneous household decisions and welfare. Download my CV here to learn more about me and my work.