When Do Employees Leave Their Job for Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
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Keywords
entrepreneurship; occupational choice; mobility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
- G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2006-06-17 (Business Economics)
- NEP-ENT-2006-06-17 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-LAB-2006-06-17 (Labour Economics)
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