Entrepreneurs are found to have balanced skill sets and most have worked in small firms before starting their own … entrepreneurs using a rich data set on the applied skills of individuals. This data set allows us to construct an indicator that … of entrepreneurs remains the largest. The impact of human capital formation on skill balance also varies among employees …

opportunity entrepreneurs, who voluntarily pursue a business opportunity, and necessity entrepreneurs, who lack alternative … entrepreneurs are 3.5 percentage points higher than the paid employees' rate of 8.1%, but 6.5 percentage points lower for necessity … entrepreneurs. Pooling the two types of entrepreneurs understates the value of education for opportunity entrepreneurs and sparks …

We rely on the Survey of Consumer Finances to study the return to education of US entrepreneurs since the late 1980s … increased substantially more for entrepreneurs than for employees. Today an entrepreneur with a postgraduate degree earns on …

complementarity, we utilise a sample of both successful entrepreneurs and salary workers with previous entrepreneurial experience and … entrepreneurs. Findings: Our study confirms the existence of complementarity between education and breadth of professional … experience and its impact on the probability of an entrepreneur’s success. Implications & Recommendations: Our findings are …

estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point relaxation of capital constraints increases entrepreneurs' gross business incomes … by 3.9% on average. Education enhances entrepreneurs' performance both directly - with a rate of return of 13.7% - and … education on entrepreneurs' performance is estimated to be 3.0 - 4.6%. …

Entrepreneurs are found to have balanced skill sets and most have worked in small firms before starting their own … entrepreneurs using a rich data set on the applied skills of individuals. This data set allows us to construct an indicator that … of entrepreneurs remains the largest. The impact of human capital formation on skill balance also varies among employees …