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- Title
Self-employment and mental health.
- Authors
Bogan, Vicki L.; Fertig, Angela R.; Just, David R.
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the role of mental health in self-employment decisions. We find evidence of a relationship between psychological distress and self-employment for men that depends on type of self-employment and severity of psychological distress. Specifically, there is suggestive evidence of a causal link from moderate psychological distress to self-employment in an unincorporated business as a main job for men. Additionally, we find evidence that long term mental illness can significantly increase the probability of self-employment in an unincorporated business for both men and women. Our results suggest that individual difficulty in wage-and-salary employment is the likely mechanism for this connection.
- Subjects
SELF-employment; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; BUSINESSMEN; VOCATIONAL guidance; FREELANCERS
- Publication
Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 3, p855
- ISSN
1569-5239
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11150-021-09578-3