Using data from the Current Population Survey, we study self-employment among people with work limitations in the US. With controls for a rich set of covariates and selection into the labor force, self-employment rates are found to be higher among workers with limitations compared to workers...

This paper examines self-employment rates among workers with work limitations and disabilities in the US. Using data from the Current Population Survey, we show that, during the 1989-2009 period, those with work limitations were more likely to be self-employed in unincorporated businesses than...