Grit and self-employment: a multi-country study

Marcus T. Wolfe () and Pankaj C. Patel
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Marcus T. Wolfe: Ball State University
Pankaj C. Patel: Villanova University

Small Business Economics, 2016, vol. 47, issue 4, No 3, 853-874

Abstract: Abstract Blending the literatures on grit and self-employment, we propose the role of grit in separating the self-employed from the employed. Based on a sample of 13,210 respondents from nine countries, our results indicate that not only is grit related to self-employment, but also grit is more strongly related to self-employment for risk-takers, females, and younger individuals. The findings are robust, controlling for several individual characteristics and alternate specifications, and have implications for the broader literature on self-employment.

Keywords: Age; Gender; Grit; Self-employment; D01; J24; J49; L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9737-6

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