Geneses of labour market turnover: Job search and entrepreneurial aspirations on-the-job

Ari Hyytinen and Pekka Ilmakunnas
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Ari Hyytinen: Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA

Labor and Demography from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: In this paper we study the labour market behavior of employed individuals that have entrepreneurial aspirations in addition to aspirations to switch job. We analyze empirically these two “search processes” side-by-side and report three main findings: First, neither entrepreneurial aspirations nor aspirations to switch job are uncommon, but only few are engaged in both search processes. Second, the two processes are not alike: It is more difficult to empirically explain entrepreneurial aspirations than aspirations to switch job. Only few observable characteristics of the employed are related to both processes. Varied experience and job dissatisfaction are directly related to the probability of having entrepreneurial aspirations and aspirations to switch job, while job tenure is inversely related to them. Finally, the two processes are not conditionally independent. Unobservable heterogeneity common to many non-searchers drives this result.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; job search; experience; job satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2005-01-04
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