Self-Employment Dynamics, State Dependence and Cross-Mobility Patterns

Marco Caliendo and Arne Uhlendorff

No 152, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: This paper analyzes the mobility between self-employment, wage employment and non-employment. Using data for men in West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non-employment increases the probability of self-employment significantly, and selfemployment goes along with a higher risk of future non-employment.

Keywords: Self-Employment; State Dependence; Labor Market Dynamics; Unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C25 J64 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 p.
Date: 2008
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