Who works for startups? The relation between firm age, employee age, and growth

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 386-407

  Ouimet, Paige ^a   Zarutskie, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee age; Entrepreneurship; Firm age; Venture capital; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899945465     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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