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11 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12997
State Medicaid Expansion and the Self-Employed
Jun Yeong Lee, John V. Winters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12078
The Role of Body Weight for Health, Earnings and Life Satisfaction
Olaf Hübler
published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 240 (5), 653-676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11098
Overoptimistic Entrepreneurs: Predicting Wellbeing Consequences of Self-Employment
Reto Odermatt, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer
revised version published as 'Are Newly Self-Employed Overly Optimistic About Their Future Well-Being?' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021, 95, 101779
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9912
Entrepreneurs and Freelancers: Are They Time and Income Multidimensional Poor? The German Case
Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9425
Excess Commuting in the US: Differences between the Self-Employed and Employees
J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla
published as "The commuting behavior of workers in the United States: differences between the employed and the self-employed" in: Journal of Transport Geography, 2018, 66, 19-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7756
Absence from Work of the Self-Employed: A Comparison with Paid Employees
Daniel S. J. Lechmann, Claus Schnabel
published in: Kyklos, 2014, 67 (3), 368-390
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7324
Health and Labour Income of Wage Earners and Self-Employed Workers in Cameroon
Benjamin Fomba Kamga, Arline Kengne Kamga, Martine Audibert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6435
What Explains the Gender Earnings Gap in Self-Employment? A Decomposition Analysis with German Data
Daniel S. J. Lechmann, Claus Schnabel
published as 'Why is there a gender earnings gap in self-employment? A decomposition analysis with German data' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2012, 1 (6), [Open Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6157
Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Daniel S. J. Lechmann, Claus Schnabel
published in: Small Business Economics, 2014, 42 (1), 59-76
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4711
Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa
Olivier Bargain, Prudence Magejo
published as 'Earnings Structure, Informal Employment and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, S100-S122
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2036
Start-up Success of Freelancers: New Microeconometric Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel
Joachim Merz, Peter Paic
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