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dc.titleBecoming an Entrepreneur
dc.contributor.authorValenzuela, Patricio
dc.contributor.authorÑopo, Hugo R.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2011-02-07T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2007-03-21T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractUsing the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact on income of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of micro-enterprises). By means of a difference-in-differences non-parametric matching estimator the paper alleviates problems of selection bias (on observable and unobservable traits) and creates the appropriate counterfactuals of interest. The results indicate that the income gains associated with the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship are positive, statistically significant and financially substantial. Even more, the results are qualitatively the same using mean and medians, suggesting that the impacts are not influenced by the presence of few superstar winners. Additionally, the income changes associated with the reverse switches (from self-employment to salaried jobs) are negative. The results also suggest interesting gender differences, as females show higher gains than males on the switch from salaried jobs to entrepreneurship and lower losses on the reverse switch.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010974
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Becoming-an-Entrepreneur.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLabor Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ31 - Wage Level and Structure • Wage Differentials
dc.subject.jelcodeJ41 - Labor Contracts
dc.subject.keywordsWP-605
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationCH-N1025
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