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@article{ Parker2007, title = {The retirement behaviour of the self-employed in Britain}, author = {Parker, Simon C}, journal = {Applied Economics}, number = {6}, pages = {697-713}, volume = {39}, year = {2007}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500447807}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-239597}, abstract = {We analyse the retirement behaviour of older self-employed workers, using a life cycle framework and a multinomial logit model of dynamic employment and retirement choices. Using data from the two-wave Retirement Survey, we find that greater actual or potential earnings decrease the probability of retirement among the self-employed. In contrast to employees, none of gender, health or family circumstances appear to affect self-employed retirement decisions. The dynamic analysis reveals that relatively few employees and virtually no retirees switch into self-employment in later life. The switches that do occur are motivated less by attempts to use self-employment as a bridge job or `stepping stone' to full retirement, than by self-employment being a last resort for less affluent workers with job histories of weak attachment to the labour market. We compare self-employed and employee retirement behaviour, and discuss the policy implications of our results.}, }