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Old age self-employment and work-related stress

In: Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging

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  • Jolanda Hessels
  • Peter van der Zwan

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We analyze work-related stress levels of older self-employed workers and compare their stress levels with those of older wageworkers and younger self-employed workers. Our multivariate analysis using longitudinal data for the years 2005–15 indicates that the older self-employed have the lowest stress levels. Using the Job Demand-Control (JDC) model we assess to what extent these lower stress levels can be explained by the following job characteristics: job demand, job control, social support and possibilities for the development of skills at the job. We find that the lower stress levels of the older (versus the younger) self-employed are partly explained by the lower job demands of the older self-employed. Furthermore, higher job control of the older self-employed is a major driver behind the lower levels of work stress of the older self-employed workers compared with the older wageworkers. Also, lower levels of job demand and higher levels of social support of the older self-employed partly explain that the older self-employed experience less work stress than older wageworkers.

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  • Jolanda Hessels & Peter van der Zwan, 2019. "Old age self-employment and work-related stress," Chapters, in: Mikaela Backman & Charlie Karlsson & Orsa Kekezi (ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging, chapter 11, pages 283-298, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Patel, Pankaj C. & Rietveld, Cornelius A., 2020. "The impact of financial insecurity on the self-employed’s short-term psychological distress: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 14(C).

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