December 8, 2022
Research on self-employment and the transition to retirement by Joelle Abramowitz & Jinseok Kim cited by MarketWatch
An article in MarketWatch discusses the ways older, self-employed workers are experimenting with different ways to continue using their accumulated knowledge. Research by Joelle Abramowitz and Jinseok Kim finds that self-employed older adults report better well-being on average than their peers who are still regular employees.
Original research:
Joelle Abramowitz and Jinseok Kim (2021), What We Talk about When We Talk about Self-employment: Examining Self-employment and the Transition to Retirement among Older Adults in the United States. Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center Project.
Abramowitz, Joelle. 2021. “Heterogeneity in Self-Employment and the Transition to Retirement among Older Adults in the United States.” Ann Arbor, MI. University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) Working Paper; MRDRC WP 2021-423.