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Racing to get self-employed? Life history models and self-employment

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  • Wolfe, Marcus T.
  • Patel, Pankaj C.

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Entrepreneurship research has shown that self-employment is a result of individual, environmental, and social factors, however, there is a limited understanding of whether the extent of coalescence of these factors over time is associated with self-employment. Using Life History Theory, we examine whether a single Super-K factor, encompassing general health, social relationships, and general personality factors, is related to self-employment. Results indicate that the Super-K factor is positively associated with the likelihood of self-employment, and that self-employment partially mediates the path between Super-K and income. However, the effect size is small, but not negligible, for the likelihood of self-employment. Our results also indicate the negligible overarching role of life time accumulation of health, social relationships, and personality on income through self-employment.

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  • Wolfe, Marcus T. & Patel, Pankaj C., 2018. "Racing to get self-employed? Life history models and self-employment," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 10(C), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jobuve:v:10:y:2018:i:c:3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2018.e00093
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    1. Yu, Wei & Zhu, Fei & Foo, Maw Der & Wiklund, Johan, 2022. "What does not kill you makes you stronger: Entrepreneurs’ childhood adversity, resilience, and career success," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 40-55.
    2. Nicholas Litsardopoulos & George Saridakis & Yannis Georgellis & Chris Hand, 2023. "Self-employment experience effects on well-being: A longitudinal study," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 44(2), pages 454-480, May.

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