Self-Employment Promotion as Active Labor Market Policy: Design and Trade-offs in Rigid Labor Markets
Abstract
Studies self-employment promotion as an active labor market policy and highlights the design trade-offs that arise in rigid labor markets.
Type
Publication
Economics Letters
Status
Peer-reviewed
Open access
This paper studies how self-employment promotion can be designed as active labor-market policy in rigid labor markets.
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.