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Small business owners and health

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  • Olivier Torrès

    (University of Montpellier, MRM
    Montpellier Business School (Labex Entreprendre))

  • Roy Thurik

    (Montpellier Business School (Labex Entreprendre)
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Abstract

The present article identifies a societal and scholarly neglect for the field of small business ownership and health. We address health capital and its spillover effects and briefly outline a research program discriminating between pathogenic (negative for health) and salutogenic (positive for health) effects for a small business owner’s working life.

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  • Olivier Torrès & Roy Thurik, 2019. "Small business owners and health," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 53(2), pages 311-321, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:53:y:2019:i:2:d:10.1007_s11187-018-0064-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-018-0064-y
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    Keywords

    Small business owners; Entrepreneurship; Health; Well-being; Salutogenesis;
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    JEL classification:

    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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