We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …

We examine the impact of job loss on entrepreneurship behavior in Norway. Our identification strategy relies on the use …. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; unemployment …