Labor-force dynamics at older ages: Movements into self-employment for workers and nonworkers

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-111

  Zissimopoulos, Julie M ^a   Karoly, Lynn A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquidity constraints; Risk aversion; Self employment; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549108163     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508324642     Document Type: Article

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