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On Preferences for Being Self-Employed

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  • Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln

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higher job satisfaction than the employed, even after controlling for income and hours worked. However, there is a large amount of heterogeneity in this effect: while “independent types” experience a large increase in job satisfaction from being self-employed, “hierarchical types” even experience a decrease.

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  • Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln, 2008. "On Preferences for Being Self-Employed," 2008 Meeting Papers 634, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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