The decision to become an entrepreneur and the firm size distribution. A unifying framework for policy analysis.

Autor/in	Poschke, Markus
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	The decision to become an entrepreneur and the firm size distribution. A unifying framework for policy analysis.
Quelle	Bonn (2013), 47 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 7757
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Entscheidung; Psychosozialer Faktor; Motivation; Betriebsgröße; Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen; Unternehmensgründung; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Niedrig Qualifizierter; Qualifikationsniveau; Unternehmer; Entscheidungskriterium; Arbeitskraftunternehmer; Hoch Qualifizierter; Selbstständiger
Abstract	Developing and emerging economies have high entrepreneurship rates and relatively many small firms. There is enormous heterogeneity among these firms and entrepreneurs. This paper presents a simple occupational choice model that captures motives for entrepreneurship at both edges of the size distribution. The model is then used to analyse the effects of productivity growth, distortions, financial and labor market frictions, and risk. Capturing entrepreneurship across the size distribution allows for different reactions of high and low-ability entrepreneurs to changes in policies and the environment. These may result in powerful general equilibrium effects. In particular, policies affecting high-ability entrepreneurs potentially running large firms can indirectly have a strong effect on entry by low-ability entrepreneurs and thus on the prevalence of small firms. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2014/2