Parker, Simon C.; Belghitar, Yacine; Barmby, Tim - In: Economic Journal 115 (2005) 502, pp. 190-190
We analyse the effects of wage uncertainty on the labour supply of self-employed workers, using PSID data on self-employed American males. The standard deviation of past wages, as a measure of wage uncertainty, is the key determinant of male self-employed labour supply, with a significant...