Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence …, however, is difficult since it is considered to be an endogenous variable. This study accounts for this endogeneity by using … US. Theeffect of education on the decision to become self-employed is found to be strongly positive,much higher than the …