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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2011
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 887
Verlag: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Zusammenfassung: 
I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and self-confidence affect business ownership through two different channels: intelligence increases business survival while self-confidence increases business creation. Finally, once we control for intelligence and self-confidence the effect of formal college education almost completely vanishes. These results are robust to controlling for selection into entrepreneurship and selection into college.
Schlagwörter: 
Entrepreneurship
College Education
Intelligence
Self-confidence
JEL: 
C41
J24
L26
Dokumentart: 
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