Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data
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This article 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 language | English |
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| Journal | Applied Economics Letters |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Pages (from-to) | 687-689 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 1350-4851 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15.09.2003 |
Bibliographical note
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The data used in this study were kindly provided by the Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung, Universitaet zu Koeln. The author alone is responsible for all computations and interpretations of results. Financial support from the German Science Foundation under grant No. Wa 610/2-1/2 is gratefully acknowledged.
- Economics
Research areas
- Economics and Econometrics