Table 1 Composition

From: Self-employment in an equilibrium model of the labor market

	Paid employment	Own-account	Recruiter
Employment share	82.8 %	12.6 %	4.6 %
Mean hours worked per week	40.39	43.34	51.68
Raw data
Mean earnings	10.69	9.34	11.14
Standard dev. of earnings	3.88	5.81	10.44
Adjusted data
Median earnings	9.92	13.20	14.93
Mean earnings	10.69	15.71	18.72
Standard dev. of earnings	3.88	9.76	17.55

Employment shares are measured as the proportion employed in that state amongst all those employed. Earnings are measured in £/hour

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