Hidden costs of entering self-employment: the spouse’s psychological well-being
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Keywords
Self-employment; Entrepreneurship; Psychological well-being; Mental health; Spouses; Crossover theory; Difference-in-difference method;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
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