Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear's theory of entrepreneurship with German data
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- Daniel Lechmann & Claus Schnabel, 2014. "Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear’s theory of entrepreneurship with German data," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 42(1), pages 59-76, January.
- Lechmann, Daniel S. J. & Schnabel, Claus, 2011. "Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data," IZA Discussion Papers 6157, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Lechmann, Daniel S. J. & Schnabel, Claus, 2011. "Are the self-employed really jacks-of-all-trades? Testing the assumptions and implications of Lazear's theory of entrepreneurship with German data," FAU Discussion Papers in Economics 11/2011, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Economics.
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Keywords
entrepreneurship; self-employed; Germany;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2012-02-20 (Business Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2012-02-20 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-HRM-2012-02-20 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2012-02-20 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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