@article {9138,
	title = {Examining bridge employment from a self-employment perspective{\textemdash}evidence from the Health and Retirement Study},
	journal = {Work, Aging and Retirement},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {298-312},
	abstract = {This study examines bridge employment decision-making from a self-employment perspective using 3 prominent retirement theories, the life course perspective, continuity theory and role theory. Focusing on self-employment extends the current theoretical understanding of bridge employment and offers interesting implications for retirement policy-making. Specifically, using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (n = 2,080), we conducted multinomial regression analysis to examine who were more/less likely to fully retire, enter bridge employment in the wage-and-salary form, or enter bridge employment in the self-employment form. Furthermore, we examined the role of pre-retirement self-employment status, to provide us with more information on the very much understudied retirement process of entrepreneurs and self-employed workforce. Our findings indicated that self-employment can be considered as an independent form of bridge employment, apart from bridge employment in wage-and-salary jobs. Furthermore, the decision to enter different forms of bridge employment, including self-employment, may stem from a variety of antecedents. Practical implications of this study are also discussed.},
	keywords = {Bridge employment, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction, Self-employment},
	issn = {2054-4642},
	doi = {10.1093/workar/wax012},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/workar/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/workar/wax012},
	author = {von Bonsdorff, Monika E. and Zhan, Yujie and Song, Yifan and Wang, Mo}
}
