The Value of Autonomy: Evidence from the Self-Employed in 23 Countries
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Keywords
self-employment; autonomy; job satisfaction; procedural utility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D00 - Microeconomics - - General - - - General
- M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2003-11-16 (Entrepreneurship)
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