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Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data

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J. Wagner

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This article tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Applied Economics Letters.

Volume (Year): 10 (2003)
Issue (Month): 11 (September)
Pages: 687-689
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