.e., switching from self-employment to unemployment) are substantial and exceed the costs of involuntarily losing a salaried job (i ….e., switching from salaried employment to unemployment). Meanwhile, leaving self-employment has no consequences for selfreported … this traumatic event. Our findings imply that policies encouraging entrepreneurship should also carefully consider the …

.e., switching from self-employment to unemployment) are substantial and exceed the costs of involuntarily losing a salaried job (i ….e., switching from salaried employment to unemployment). Meanwhile, leaving self-employment has no consequences for selfreported … this traumatic event. Our findings imply that policies encouraging entrepreneurship should also carefully consider the …

persistently confined to the same workers or to particular occupational groups. Individuals with a history of unemployment and … workers' perceptions of unemployment are strong predictors of actual unemployment experiences occurring in the subsequent year … further analyses of the workings of the labour market. -- unemployment expectations ; job satisfaction ; cross-section models …

happier than others. Moreover, self-employment is often chosen to escape unemployment, not for the associated autonomy that …-employment experience an increase in life satisfaction (up to two years later), while individuals moving from unemployment to self …-employment are not more satisfied than their counterparts moving from unemployment to regular employment. We argue that these groups …

confounders". -- self-employment ; happiness ; matching estimators ; unemployment ; BHPS ; necessity entrepreneurship … happier than others. Moreover, self-employment is often chosen to escape unemployment, not for the associated autonomy that …-employment experience an increase in life satisfaction (up to two years later), while individuals moving from unemployment to self …