Testing Lazear's Jack-of-All-Trades View of Entrepreneurship with German Micro Data

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.

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Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Wagner, Joachim
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Unternehmer \| Selbständige \| Qualifikation \| Schätzung \| Deutschland \| Sozialkompetenz \| entrepreneurship \| jack-of-all-trades theory \| Germany

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 592
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	846039583 [GVK] hdl:10419/21293 [Handle]
Classification:	R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment
Source:	EconStor

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