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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Journal of Labor Economics |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages | 269-296 |
| ISSN | 0734-306X |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2015 |
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Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children? / Lindquist, Matthew J.; Sol, Joeri; Van Praag, Mirjam.
In: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2015, p. 269-296.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children?
AU - Lindquist,Matthew J.
AU - Sol,Joeri
AU - Van Praag,Mirjam
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We explore the origins of the intergenerational association in entrepreneurship using Swedish adoption data that allow us to quantify the relative importance of prebirth and postbirth factors. We find that parental entrepreneurship increases the probability of children's entrepreneurship by about 60%. For adoptees, both biological and adoptive parents make significant contributions to this association. These contributions, however, are quite different in size. Postbirth factors account for twice as much as prebirth factors in our decomposition of the intergenerational association in entrepreneurship. We investigate several candidate explanations for this large postbirth factor and present suggestive evidence in favor of role modeling.
AB - We explore the origins of the intergenerational association in entrepreneurship using Swedish adoption data that allow us to quantify the relative importance of prebirth and postbirth factors. We find that parental entrepreneurship increases the probability of children's entrepreneurship by about 60%. For adoptees, both biological and adoptive parents make significant contributions to this association. These contributions, however, are quite different in size. Postbirth factors account for twice as much as prebirth factors in our decomposition of the intergenerational association in entrepreneurship. We investigate several candidate explanations for this large postbirth factor and present suggestive evidence in favor of role modeling.
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U2 - 10.1086/678493
DO - 10.1086/678493
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 269
EP - 296
JO - Journal of Labor Economics
T2 - Journal of Labor Economics
JF - Journal of Labor Economics
SN - 0734-306X
IS - 2
ER -