"Entrepreneurs out of Necessity": A Snapshot

Markus Poschke

No 4893, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: "Entrepreneurs out of necessity" identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across countries. They tend to have low education, run smaller firms, expect their firms to grow less, but are likely to stay in the market. This evidence is a challenge for existing theories of heterogeneous firms.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; firm size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2010-04
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Published - published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (7), 658-663

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