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Constrained occupational choice
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Margolis, David
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2018-05-29
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Abstract
This paper uses a reduced-form implementation of a structural model of constrained oc-cupational choice to explain the probability that an individual receives a wage offer, animportant determinant of whether self-employment is by choice or necessity. Using datafrom Sierra Leone in 2016, the paper estimates the model and finds that the unconditionaldistribution of offer probabilities has a large spike at a very low value (0.013), but that cer-tain characteristics, such as education, being male and residence in the capital city increasethe likelihood of being able to choose not be self-employed.
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Occupational choice , self-employment , wage offer , Ebola , Sierra Leone
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Occupational choice , Self-employment , Wage offer , Ebola , Sierra Leone
