Why are some people more likely to become small-businesses owners than others: Entrepreneurship entry and industry-specific barriers

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Immigrant entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the survey of business owners 2007 & 2012 (2020, unknown): “1 Examples include (Borjas, 1986; Clark and Drinkwater, 2000; 2006; Fairlie and Meyer, 2003; Fairlie et al., 2010; Kerr and Kerr, 2011; 2017; Lofstrom, 2002; Lofstrom et al., 2014; Schuetze and Antecol, 2007) and Brown et al.”
Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018, unknown): “Lofstrom et al. (2014) postulate that this may be due to entrepreneurs sorting into industries based on entry barriers, as those with greater education levels are more likely to enter higher-barrier industries that also offer higher returns.”
Determinants of women entrepreneurs' firm performance in a hostile environment (2017, background): “…small enterprises (10–50 employees), and medium-sized enterprises (50–250 employees).1 Level of education indicates whether the respondent had an education level higher than high school (1) or otherwise (0) (Lofstrom et al., 2014, Mas-Tur et al., 2015, Nissan et al., 2012, Pathak et al., 2013).”