Does labor diversity promote entrepreneurship?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 116
Issue: 1
Pages: 15-19

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We find evidence that workforce educational diversity promotes entrepreneurial behavior of employees as well as the formation of new firms, whereas diversity in demographics hinders transitions to self-employment. Ethnic diversity favors entrepreneurship in financial and business services.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:1:p:15-19
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25