Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Chihmao Hsieh; Simon C. Parker; Mirjam Van Praag

doi:10.1007/s11187-016-9785-y

Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Chihmao Hsieh, Simon C. Parker, Mirjam Van Praag

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Abstract

This paper proposes that risk aversionencourages individuals to invest in balanced skillprofiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs.By not taking this possible linkage intoaccount, previous research has underestimated theimpacts of both risk aversion and balanced skills onthe likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship.Data on Dutch university graduates provide an illustrationsupporting our contention. We raise thepossibility that even risk-averse people might besuited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help

Original language	English
Journal	Small Business Economics
Volume	48
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	287-302
Number of pages	16
ISSN	0921-898X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-016-9785-y
Publication status	Published - Feb 2017

Keywords

Entrepreneurship
Jack-of-all-trades
Risk
Human capital
Occupational choice
Balanced skills

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