Abstract
We investigate whether the polygenic risk score (PRS) of subjective well-being (SWB), a weighted combination of multiple genetic variants which captures an individual’s time-invariant genetic predisposition to SWB, influences the choice of self-employment and whether it explains differences in earnings between older self-employed and employed workers. In a sample of 4,571 individuals (50 to 65 years old) representing 14,937 individual-year observations from the Health and Retirement Study, we find that the PRS of SWB is positively associated with self-employment and earnings. However, contrary to our expectations, the positive association with earnings is not significantly different between self-employed and employed individuals.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 440-466 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 14 Jul 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2021 |
Keywords
- earnings
- occupational choice
- polygenic risk score
- self-employment
- subjective well-being
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Economics and Econometrics
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