Purpose – This paper aims to investigate whether shocks to the health of a self-employed worker in Brazil increase the labour supply of other household members. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from the Brazilian National Household Survey, this paper investigates whether the...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate whether shocks to the health of a self‐employed worker in Brazil increase the labour supply of other household members. Design/methodology/approach – Using data from the Brazilian National Household Survey, this paper investigates whether the...