TY - JOUR
T1 - The polygenic risk score of subjective well-being, self-employment, and earnings among older individuals
AU - Patel, PC
AU - Rietveld, Niels
AU - Wolfe, M
AU - Wiklund, J
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1177/1042258720936984
DO - 10.1177/1042258720936984
M3 - Article
SN - 1042-2587
VL - 45
JO - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
JF - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
IS - 2
ER -