Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/292591 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch [ISSN:] 2568-762X [Volume:] 141 [Issue:] 1-2 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 47-84
Publisher: 
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Abstract: 
Although hybrid entrepreneurship constitutes a significant share of entrepreneurial activity, research on this topic is still in its infancy. Moreover, in general entrepreneurship research only few studies have investigated intra-couple influences on the decision to be and to become self-employed. Therefore, in the study at hand, we use panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to analyse whether life partners and their occupational choice relate to wage workers' propensity to enter full-time entrepreneurship either directly or indirectly via hybrid entrepreneurship. Drawing on social capital theory, this study also tests whether the results are different for men and women. Although hypothesised, we find no empirical evidence for the relevance of life partners and their occupations on direct transition to full-time entrepreneurship. For women, however, our findings do suggest that having a self-employed life partner significantly increases their propensity to enter entrepreneurship indirectly, that is, via hybrid entrepreneurship.
Subjects: 
Hybrid Entrepreneurship
Social Capital
Life Partner
Occupation
Gender-Related Differences
JEL: 
L26
D81
J16
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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