Understanding the decline in self-employment among individuals nearing retirement

Small Business Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 561-580

  Heim, Bradley T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Markov chain; Retirement; Self employment; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940437755     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-015-9660-2     Document Type: Article

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