Who skims the cream of the Italian graduate crop?: Wage employment versus self-employment

This paper tests whether academic achievement is a significant determinant of employment status in the Italian labor market: are new entrepreneurs selected from the top or bottom end of the graduate ability distribution? Is the cream of the graduate crop pulled into self-employment by the higher exp...

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Published in:Small business economics 2011-02, Vol.36 (2), p.223-234
Main Authors: Castagnetti, Carolina, Rosti, Luisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abhängig Beschäftigter
Academic achievement
Academic degrees
Akademiker
Arbeitsmarkt
Berufliche Selbstständigkeit
Berufswahl
Business and Management
Career advancement
Coefficients
Comparative analysis
Competency based education
Distribution
Earnings
Economic theory
Education
Einkommen
Einkommensverteilung
Empirical evidence
Employees
Employment
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Females
Gender
Geschlechtsspezifik
Graduates
Hochschulabsolvent
Industrial Organization
Italien
Italy
Labor economics
Labor market
Legislation
Males
Management
Microeconomics
Secondary schools
Selbstständiger
Self employment
Self-employed workers
Studies
Wage earners
Wages
Wages & salaries
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Summary:This paper tests whether academic achievement is a significant determinant of employment status in the Italian labor market: are new entrepreneurs selected from the top or bottom end of the graduate ability distribution? Is the cream of the graduate crop pulled into self-employment by the higher expected earnings or are individuals with lower degree score pushed into entrepreneurship by poor alternatives? Our data show a strong negative relation between academic achievement and self-employment status, i.e., we find skimming of the best graduates into wage and salary work.
ISSN:1573-0913
0921-898X
1573-0913
DOI:10.1007/s11187-009-9199-1