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Determinants of Willingness and Opportunity to Start as an Entrepreneur

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  • C. Mirjam Van Praag
  • Hans Van Ophem

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SUMMARY This paper develops an empirical model to separate the unobserved factors of ‘opportunity' and ‘willingness’ in the decision of labor force participants to become self‐employed or not. The estimation results suggest that the majority of young Americans is willing to switch to self‐employment but that opportunity is a major constraint, especially through finance. Entrepreneurial ability aspects that can compensate for a lack of capital are scarce. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG In diesem Aufsatz wird ein empirisches Modell entwickelt, welches die nicht beobachteten Faktoren aus dem Bereich ‘Möglichkeit’ und ‘Bereitschaft’ in der Entscheidung der Arbeitnehmer, selbständigerwerbend zu werden oder nicht, voneinander trennt. Die Schätzresultate deuten darauf hin, dass die Mehrheit der jungen Amerikaner zwar bereit ist selbständig zu werden, dass aber der Faktor ‘Möglichkeit’ eine bedeutende Einschränkung ist, besonders durch die Finanzen. Aspekte unternehmerischer Fähigkeiten, die einen Mangel an Kapital kompensieren könnten, sind selten. RÉSUMÉ Cet article développe un modèle empirique isolant les facteurs inobservés de ľ‘opportunité’ et du ‘consentement’ dans la décision, pour des salariés, de créer où non leur propre entreprise. Les conclusions de ľestimation suggèrent que la majorité des jeunes américains souhaitent devenir indépendants mais que ľopportunité constitue une contrainte forte, notamment pour les questions financières. Les aspects liés à la capacityé de se mettre à son propre compte et qui peuvent compenser le manque initial de fonds, sont rares.

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  • C. Mirjam Van Praag & Hans Van Ophem, 1995. "Determinants of Willingness and Opportunity to Start as an Entrepreneur," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(4), pages 513-540, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:48:y:1995:i:4:p:513-540
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1995.tb01282.x
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