spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts--and the data confirm--that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …

established by non-star analysts. Extending traditional theories of entrepreneurship and labor mobility, our results also suggest … that drivers of turnover vary by destination: (a) turnover to entrepreneurship and (b) other turnover. In contrast to … turnover to entrepreneurship, star analysts are less likely to move to other firms than non-star analysts …