The theory proposed below is that entrepreneurs are jacks-of-all-trades who may not excel in any one skill, but are … most important determinant of entrepreneurship is having background in a large number of different roles. Further, income …

entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …

Cross-sectional tests of the Jack-of-All-Trades theory of entrepreneurship invariably conclude that accumulation of … balanced skill-mix across different fields of expertise stimulates entrepreneurship. Yet, none of these considers individual …

start, the paper briefly documents evidence from the empirical literature that the relationship between entrepreneurship and … in the market, and that returns to entrepreneurship have a much larger cross-sectional variance than returns to wage work …. The paper shows that these facts can be explained in a model of occupational choice between wage work and entrepreneurship …

. This paper proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology that fits with cross … a positive relationship between an individual's potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms … consequence, the entrepreneurship rate falls with income per capita, average firm size and firm size dispersion increase with …

impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are easier to … accomplish. Our theory offers a unique perspective on the contributions of immigrants to economic development beyond traditional …