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The Dynamics of Solo Self-Employment: Persistence and Transition to Employership
This study examines dynamics of solo self-employment. In particular, we investigate the extent of true state dependence and cross state dependence, i.e., whether experiencing solo self-employment causally affects the probability of becoming an employer in the future.
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Professor Dr Christoph Wunder holds the chair for Econometrics at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, since April 2015. His research areas are Empirical Microeconomics, Subjective Well-Being, Welfare and Poverty, Immigrants, Family Economics, Labor Economics, Pension Schemes and Education Economics.
This study examines dynamics of solo self-employment. In particular, we investigate the extent of true state dependence and cross state dependence, i.e., whether experiencing solo self-employment causally affects the probability of becoming an employer in the future. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we apply dynamic multinomial logit models and find that the extent of true state dependence is rather small. The observed persistence in solo self-employment as well as transitions from solo self-employment to employership can largely be explained by observed and unobserved characteristics.
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