Testing Lazear's Jack-of-all-trades: view of entrepreneurship with German micro data

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This paper tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLüneburg
PublisherInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Research areas

  • Economics - Germany, entrepreneurship, jack-of-all-trades theory