Unraveling two myths about entrepreneurs

Jolanda Hessels, Cornelius A. Rietveld and Peter van der Zwan

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 122, issue 3, 435-438

Abstract: The supposed creativity of left-handed and dyslexic individuals may fit well with an entrepreneurial occupation. Empirical evidence from two representative Dutch samples, however, shows that left-handed and dyslexic individuals are not more likely to be(come) entrepreneurs than right-handed and non-dyslexic individuals.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Self-employment; Dyslexia; Left-handedness; Laterality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J2 M1 M2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.005

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