Abstract
We study motivations for and outcomes of couples starting up a joint firm, using a sample of 1,069 Danish couples that established a joint enterprise between 2001 and 2010, while comparing them to a set of comparable firms and couples. The main motivation for joint entrepreneurship is to create a labor market position for (female) spouses with limited alternative opportunities. This decision has positive effects: the financial benefits for each of the spouses, and especially the fe-male, are larger in co-entrepreneurial firms, both during the life of the business and post-dissolution. This also reduces income inequality in the household.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | 2015 |
Number of pages | 1 |
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Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015: Opening Governance - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 Aug 2015 → 11 Aug 2015 Conference number: 75 http://aom.org/annualmeeting/ |
Conference
Conference | The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015 |
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Number | 75 |
Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Period | 07/08/2015 → 11/08/2015 |
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Keywords
- Couples
- Entrepreneurship
- Motives