Self-employment or employment after exit: the effect of an entrepreneur’s age and gender

Massimo Baù; Francesco Chirico; Shaker Zahra

Self-employment or employment after exit: the effect of an entrepreneur’s age and gender

Massimo Baù, Francesco Chirico, Shaker Zahra

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Building on career literature, we predict that an entrepreneur’s age at the time of re-entry has a unique and complex non-linear effect on the choice to become self-employed versus employed after an exit. Based on a database covering the whole Swedish population, we studied 79,356 entrepreneurs who experienced exit in a five year window (2000-2004) and we examined their career choice as self-employed versus employed. Our results show an inverted S-shaped curve which follows the career lifecycle stages (early, middle, and late). Also, we demonstrate that gender (man vs. woman) moderate the entrepreneur’s age/re-entry relationship.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Editors	Andrew Zacharakis
Place of Publication	Babson
Publisher	Babson College
ISBN (Print)	9780910897389
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference (33rd : 2013) - Écully, France Duration: 5 Jun 2013 → 8 Jun 2013

Conference

Conference	Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference (33rd : 2013)
Country/Territory	France
City	Écully
Period	5/06/13 → 8/06/13

Cite this

@inproceedings{2e73663348dc4bbabc57fa7f91008023,

title = "Self-employment or employment after exit: the effect of an entrepreneur{\textquoteright}s age and gender",

abstract = "Building on career literature, we predict that an entrepreneur{\textquoteright}s age at the time of re-entry has a unique and complex non-linear effect on the choice to become self-employed versus employed after an exit. Based on a database covering the whole Swedish population, we studied 79,356 entrepreneurs who experienced exit in a five year window (2000-2004) and we examined their career choice as self-employed versus employed. Our results show an inverted S-shaped curve which follows the career lifecycle stages (early, middle, and late). Also, we demonstrate that gender (man vs. woman) moderate the entrepreneur{\textquoteright}s age/re-entry relationship.",

author = "Massimo Ba{\`u} and Francesco Chirico and Shaker Zahra",

year = "2013",

language = "English",

isbn = "9780910897389",

editor = "Andrew Zacharakis",

booktitle = "Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2013",

publisher = "Babson College",

address = "United States",

note = "Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference (33rd : 2013) ; Conference date: 05-06-2013 Through 08-06-2013",

}

Baù, M, Chirico, F & Zahra, S 2013, Self-employment or employment after exit: the effect of an entrepreneur’s age and gender. in A Zacharakis (ed.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2013: Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference., 1, Babson College, Babson, Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference (33rd : 2013), Écully, France, 5/06/13.

Self-employment or employment after exit: the effect of an entrepreneur’s age and gender. / Baù, Massimo; Chirico, Francesco; Zahra, Shaker.
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2013: Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. ed. / Andrew Zacharakis. Babson: Babson College, 2013. 1.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Self-employment or employment after exit

T2 - Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference (33rd : 2013)

AU - Baù, Massimo

AU - Chirico, Francesco

AU - Zahra, Shaker

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Building on career literature, we predict that an entrepreneur’s age at the time of re-entry has a unique and complex non-linear effect on the choice to become self-employed versus employed after an exit. Based on a database covering the whole Swedish population, we studied 79,356 entrepreneurs who experienced exit in a five year window (2000-2004) and we examined their career choice as self-employed versus employed. Our results show an inverted S-shaped curve which follows the career lifecycle stages (early, middle, and late). Also, we demonstrate that gender (man vs. woman) moderate the entrepreneur’s age/re-entry relationship.

AB - Building on career literature, we predict that an entrepreneur’s age at the time of re-entry has a unique and complex non-linear effect on the choice to become self-employed versus employed after an exit. Based on a database covering the whole Swedish population, we studied 79,356 entrepreneurs who experienced exit in a five year window (2000-2004) and we examined their career choice as self-employed versus employed. Our results show an inverted S-shaped curve which follows the career lifecycle stages (early, middle, and late). Also, we demonstrate that gender (man vs. woman) moderate the entrepreneur’s age/re-entry relationship.

M3 - Conference proceeding contribution

SN - 9780910897389

BT - Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2013

A2 - Zacharakis, Andrew

PB - Babson College

CY - Babson

Y2 - 5 June 2013 through 8 June 2013

ER -

Self-employment or employment after exit: the effect of an entrepreneur’s age and gender

Abstract

Conference

Fingerprint

Cite this