Abstract
We study possible motivations for co-entreprenurial couples to start up a joint firm, using a sample of 1,069 Danish couples that established a joint enterprise between 2001 and 2010. We compare their pre-entry characteristics, firm performance and post-dissolution private and financial outcomes with a selected set of comparable firms and couples. We find evidence that couples often establish a business together because one spouse – most commonly the female – has limited outside opportunities in the labor market. However, the financial benefits for each of the spouses, and especially the female, are larger in co-entrepreneurial firms, both during the life of the business and post-dissolution. The start-up of co-entrepreneurial firms seems therefore a sound investment in the human capital of both spouses as well as in the reduction of income inequality in the household. We find no evidence of non-pecuniary benefits or costs of co-entrepreneurship.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Academy of Management Annual Meeting |
Antal sider | 28 |
Forlag | Academy of Management |
Publikationsdato | 2015 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2015 |
Begivenhed | The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - Vancouver, Canada Varighed: 7 aug. 2015 → 11 aug. 2015 Konferencens nummer: The 75th |
Konference
Konference | The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management |
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Nummer | The 75th |
Land/Område | Canada |
By | Vancouver |
Periode | 07/08/2015 → 11/08/2015 |
Navn | Academy of Management Proceedings |
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ISSN | 2151-6561 |