Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63848 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Discussion Papers No. 1023
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Existing firms are argued to be an important source of new entrepreneurs. Yet, relatively little is known about the characteristics of firms that breed new entrepreneurs. We use a large linked employee-employer dataset to trace and characterize the types of firms from which new entrepreneurs come in Finland. We find evidence for entrepreneurial learning in smaller firms, for they spawn new entrepreneurs more frequently than larger firms. We also find that the productivity of firms and their R&D-intensity are negatively related to the probability that employees transit into entrepreneurship. These results are robust to controlling for a number of employee and employer attributes.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship, occupation choice, mobility
JEL: 
G14
G31
G32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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