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« Seeds | Main | Tennessee Revenue Surplus Growth Surges » April 8, 2004You Can Teach an Old Dog New Business ModelsJeff Cornwall says, "Maybe I do have one more deal in me." And why not. After all, a new study out from the AARP Public Policy Institute shows that a disproportionate share of the self-employed in the United States are middle-aged and older workers. Says the AARP: Although many older workers have been self-employed for much or all of their working lives, some move into self-employment later in their careers, often as a planned part of the retirement process.The paper, by RAND researchers Lynn A. Karoly and Julie Zissimopoulos, looks at data from Uncle Sam's Current Population Survey and the Health and Retirement Study to estimate the trends in self-employment rates over time, compare the characteristics of the self-employed with their wage and salary counterparts, and identify the factors that determine who becomes self-employed later in their careers. It looks like 138 pages of rather useful data and analysis. Posted in Economy & Business
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