%0 Report
        %A Parker, Simon C.
        %T A Selection-Based Theory of the Transition from Employment to Entrepreneurship: The Role of Employer Size
        %D 2006
        %8 2006 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 2071
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp2071
        %X A simple occupational choice model is used to predict that entrepreneurs who found new firms are more likely to work for small than for large firms prior to start-up. The mechanism underlying the result is heterogeneous risk aversion. The model also predicts a positive association between new firm formation and previous self-employment experience. These predictions accord with previous empirical findings, but notably self-selection rather than productivity effects can explain them.
        %K entrepreneurship
%K occupational choice
%K firm size