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Title: Hours Worked of the Self-Employed and Agglomeration

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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DOI: 10.1111/grow.12264

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Abstract: This paper investigates the causal effects of agglomeration on hours worked by the self‐employed. Urbanization and localization are instrumented using the minimum distance from the work Public Use Microdata Area centroid to the United States’ coastlines and estimated industry shares in 1930. The 2SLS results demonstrate that urbanization decreases, and localization increases, hours worked of the self‐employed, respectively. These results are mainly from outsourcing and competition, whereas sorting, simultaneity, and agglomeration wage effect are less likely to be influential. Additionally, only small business owners perceive the pressures of competition in localization economies. The young unincorporated self‐employed are more likely to be affected by peer competitors, whereas the elder unincorporated perceive more pressures from large firms.

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/grow.12264

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Authors: Cai, Zhengyu

Periodical (Full): Growth and Change

Issue: 1

Volume: 50

Pages: 352-380

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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