Becoming Self-Employed at Ages 50: True Entrepreneurship or Exclusion from (Wage-) Employment?

14 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2016

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Mauro Mastrogiacomo

De Nederlansdche Bank (DNB); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, School of Business and Economics

Michele Belloni

University of Turin; Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies (CeRP); Netspar

Date Written: November 20, 2015

Abstract

Job satisfaction of shifters into self-employment informs us about their risk of social exclusion. Those who shift into self-employment are the more motivated wage-employed seeking higher job satisfaction. Social exclusion is not a likely outcome to those who shift into self-employment. Institutional features, such as the differential inclusion of self-employed and wage-employed into unemployment insurances and the level of employment protection, also explain these shifts.

Suggested Citation

Mastrogiacomo, Mauro and Belloni, Michele, Becoming Self-Employed at Ages 50: True Entrepreneurship or Exclusion from (Wage-) Employment? (November 20, 2015). Netspar Discussion Paper No. 11/2015-050, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2711723 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2711723

Mauro Mastrogiacomo (Contact Author)

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