TY - RPRT AU - Caliendo, Marco AU - Uhlendorff, Arne TI - Self-Employment Dynamics, State Dependence and Cross-Mobility Patterns PY - 2008/Dec/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 3900 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3900 AB - 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. KW - self-employment KW - state dependence KW - labor market dynamics KW - unemployment ER -