Employment or self-employment: A dynamic utility maximizing model

By Moren Lévesque, Dean A. Shepherd, E. Douglas. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Education and entrepreneurial choice: An instrumental variables analysis (2010, unknown): “The determinants of entrepreneurial choice are widely researched (Evans and Jovanovic, 1989; Grilo and Thurik, 2008; Le, 1999; Lévesque et al., 2002; Parker, 2009; Roper and Scott, 2009; Sena et al., 2010; Wagner, 2007).”
Are Entrepreneurs Influenced by Risk Attitude, Regulatory Focus or Both? An Experiment on Entrepreneurs’ Time Allocation (2012, background): “found to impact behavior (e.g., Campbell, 1992; Lévesque et al., 2002).”
Mental disorders in the entrepreneurship context : When Being Different Can Be an Advantage (2018, methodology): “Applied to the entrepreneurship context, this theory has been used to explain individuals’ choice between self-employment and paid employment (e.g., Eisenhauer, 1995; Douglas & Shepherd, 2002; Lévesque et al., 2002).”
Recent developments in the economics of entrepreneurship (2008, background): “Also, entrepreneurship has been studied in relation to allocation of talent (Michelacci, 2003), personal characteristics (Djankov et al., 2006; Lévesque et al., 2002), immigration (Fairlie and Meyer, 2003), networks and social capital (Minniti, 2004, 2005), and unemployment rates (Tervo, 2006), to…”
ADHD-like behavior and entrepreneurial intentions (2013, background): “from entrepreneurship versus that of other career options (Lévesque et al., 2002; Douglas and Shepherd, 1999).”
Learning about the unknown: How fast do entrepreneurs adjust their beliefs? (2006, background): “This problem is related to one of optimal choice between participation in selfemployment or wage work (Campbell, 1992; Parker, 1996; Douglas and Shepherd, 2000; and Lévesque et al, 2002).”
The Motivation to Become an Entrepreneur (2005, methodology): “Borrowing from the previously discussed economic models (Campbell, 1992; Praag and Cramer, 2001; Levesque et al., 2002), we substituted perceived net desirability for perceived desirability, believing that people may be motivated to become entrepreneurs if they believe self-employment is more likely”
Coworking-spaces: how a phenomenon of the sharing economy builds a novel trend for the workplace and for entrepreneurship (2016, background): “Lévesque et al. (2002) assume that the decision to become self-employed or being a freelancer depends on personalities.”