Does Labor Diversity Promote Entrepreneurship?
, Pierpaolo Parrotta
, Dario Pozzoli
2012, Economics Letters, 116(1), pp.15-19
Résumé
We find evidence that workforce educational diversity promotes entrepreneurial behavior of employees as well as the formation of new firms, whereas diversity in demographics hinders transitions to self-employment. Ethnic diversity favors entrepreneurship in financial and business services.