Explaining Regional Variations in Entrepreneurship as Multiple Occupational Equilibria*

Simon Parker ()

Journal of Regional Science, 2005, vol. 45, issue 4, 829-850

Abstract: Abstract. The paper proposes a human capital‐based model of choice between paid employment and entrepreneurship that can give rise to multiple equilibria in occupational structure. The model is consistent with evidence of pronounced, persistent, and hitherto unexplained regional variations in entrepreneurship. Whether multiple equilibria emerge is shown to depend on the occupation‐specific productivity of human capital and the costs of human and financial capital. The paper goes on to discuss the implications for governments seeking to promote entrepreneurship as a tool of regional development policy.

Date: 2005
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