Does Labor Diversity Promote Entrepreneurship?

We find evidence that workforce educational diversity promotes entrepreneurial behavior of employees as well as the formation of new firms, whereas diversity in demographics hinders transitions to selfemployment. Ethnic diversity favors entrepreneurship in financial and business services.

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Year of publication:	2012-01-04
Authors:	Marino, Marianna ; Parrotta, Pierpaolo ; Pozzoli, Dario
Institutions:	School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus
Subject:	Labor diversity \| entrepreneurship \| transitions to self-employment

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	1 pages long
Classification:	c26 ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; L26 - Entrepreneurship
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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