Homo entreprenaurus?

Roope Uusitalo

Applied Economics, 2001, vol. 33, issue 13, 1631-1638

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of self-employment and transitions from salaried employment to self-employment using two sets of Finnish data from the 1990s. The results show that capital constraints have only a minor effect on new business starts. Human capital, in the form of intergenerational links in self-employment and psychological factors play a much larger role. The paper also provides empirical evidence that less risk-averse workers are more likely to become entrepreneurs.

Date: 2001
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