What's my age again? The association between self-employment and klotho protein

Marcus T. Wolfe and Pankaj C. Patel

Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2022, vol. 17, issue C

Abstract: Complementing recent studies supporting a variety of associations between self-employment and biological outcomes associated with stress, physical wear and tear, and aging, we examine the relationship between self-employment and aging. In a sample of 6088 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, we find a small but meaningful negative association between self-employment and Klotho levels. Specifically, for self-employed, relative to the employed, the geometric mean of Klotho was lower by 2% or a 5.51% lower standard deviation from the mean Klotho levels in the sample. Our findings show that self-employment has a small but meaningful association with aging.

Keywords: Aging; Klotho; Physical health; Self-employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00313

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