Rietveld, Cornelius A.; van Kippersluis, Hans; Thurik, … - 2013
competing explanations for this difference: a contextual, causal effect of self-employment on health (benefit effect), or a … health-related selection of individuals into self-employment (barrier effect). Our main finding is that the selection of … comparatively healthier individuals into self-employment accounts for the positive cross-sectional difference. The results rule out …