Stars and Misfits: Self-Employment and Labor Market Frictions
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- Thomas Åstebro & Jing Chen & Peter Thompson, 2011. "Stars and Misfits: Self-Employment and Labor Market Frictions," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 57(11), pages 1999-2017, November.
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Keywords
entreprenuership; self-employment; jack-of-all trades; skill complementarity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2010-08-21 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-LAB-2010-08-21 (Labour Economics)
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