Self-employment and health: Barriers or benefits?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1302-1313

  Rietveld, Cornelius A ^a   Van Kippersluis, Hans ^a,b   Thurik, A Roy ^a,b,c,d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Panteia   (Netherlands)

^d MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

health; HRS; self employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941173901     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3087     Document Type: Article

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