Employment or self-employment: A dynamic utility-maximizing model

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-210

  Lévesque, Moren ^a   Shepherd, Dean A ^b   Douglas, Evan J ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Career paths; Entrepreneurship; Optimization model; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344238104     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(00)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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