What Is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Panu Poutvaara and Juha Tuomala ()
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Juha Tuomala: VATT, Helsinki

No 1178, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs have lower incomes. We also analyze those who changed careers. Those with higher level of education are more likely to switch from entrepreneurship to workers, while education does not explain, in a statistically significant level, switching from being worker to entrepreneurship.

Keywords: entrepreneurs; workers; Finnish labor market; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2004-06
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