Estimating labor supply in self-employment. Pitfalls and resolutions.

Autor/in	Lechmann, Daniel S. J.
Institution	Labor and Socio-Economic Research Center (Erlangen)
Titel	Estimating labor supply in self-employment. Pitfalls and resolutions. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Einschätzung des Arbeitsangebots von Selbstständigen. Probleme und Lösungen.
Quelle	Erlangen (2017), 20 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	LASER discussion papers. 102
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Einkommenshöhe; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Qualifikationsniveau; Arbeitszeit; Selbstständiger
Abstract	"The small extant literature on the working hours of self-employed workers is deficient, because it often lacks a clear theoretical underpinning and suffers from three common mistakes: including the hourly wage as an explanatory variable, controlling for input factors of production, and not considering endogenous selection of self-employed workers. I introduce a structural causal model that makes clear that neither the wage nor input factors such as the number of employees or the amount of capital invested are determinants of working hours in self-employment. It also shows why selection bias arises when using a sample of self-employed individuals. I present an empirical discrete choice labor supply model that resolves these issues. Estimating this model with German data, I find that both non-labor income and education negatively affect labor supply in self-employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/1