Human Capital Diversity and Entrepreneurship. Results from the regional individual skill dispersion nexus on self-employment activity
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Keywords
entrepreneurship capital; human capital; nascent entrepreneur; multilevel analysis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- 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
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2014-02-02 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-HRM-2014-02-02 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-SBM-2014-02-02 (Small Business Management)
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