Hybrid Entrepreneurship

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In contrast to previous efforts to model the individual’s movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, we consider that individuals might transition incrementally by retaining their wage job while entering into self-employment. We show that these hybrid entrepreneurs represent a significant share of all entrepreneurial activity. Theoretical arguments are proposed to suggest why hybrid entrants are distinct from self-employment entrants, and why hybrid entry may facilitate subsequent entry into full self-employment. We demonstrate that there are significant theoretical and empirical consequences for this group and our understanding of self-employment entry and labor market dynamics. Using matched employee-employer data over eight years, we test the model on a population of Swedish wage earners in the knowledge-intensive sector.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 825

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Other ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Entrepreneurship
• Subject: Hybrid entrepreneurship ; Self-employment ; Labour market dynamics ; Transition determinants ; Employee-employer data ; Entrepreneurship-Ansatz ; Selbstständige ; Angestellte ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Erwerbsstatus ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Folta, Timothy B. ; Delmar, Frédéric ; Wennberg, Karl
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/81511