2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.019
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Are ‘born to rebel’ last-borns more likely to be self-employed?

Abstract: 3This paper investigates birth order effects on adult self-employment. Drawing on Sulloway's 4 'born to rebel' thesis, we test whether or not last-borns whose parents have no prior self-5 employment experience are more likely to bear and assume the risks associated with self-6 employment. We also test if parental self-employment experience moderates the relationship 7 between last-borns and self-employment. Using large-scale life-span data on 6,322 cohort 8 members, a within-family design, and controlling for … Show more

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“…The existing literature has made extensive explorations in two aspects. First, it confirms the influence of family and household on individual entrepreneurial decision-making and entrepreneurial performance from perspectives of resources and emotions, but the results are mixed (Han and Greene, 2016;Vladasel, 2018;Howell, 2019;Xi and He, 2021). There is also a batch of research exploring the impact of entrepreneurs' social, human and financial capital on entrepreneurial entry and performance (Xavier-Oliveira et al, 2015;Hmieleski et al, 2015;Blumberg and Pfann, 2016;Edelman et al, 2016;Sahasranamam and Nandakumar, 2020;Kurczewska and Mackiewicz, 2020), but there is little literature exploring and tracing the origin of these individual capital.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 79%
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“…The existing literature has made extensive explorations in two aspects. First, it confirms the influence of family and household on individual entrepreneurial decision-making and entrepreneurial performance from perspectives of resources and emotions, but the results are mixed (Han and Greene, 2016;Vladasel, 2018;Howell, 2019;Xi and He, 2021). There is also a batch of research exploring the impact of entrepreneurs' social, human and financial capital on entrepreneurial entry and performance (Xavier-Oliveira et al, 2015;Hmieleski et al, 2015;Blumberg and Pfann, 2016;Edelman et al, 2016;Sahasranamam and Nandakumar, 2020;Kurczewska and Mackiewicz, 2020), but there is little literature exploring and tracing the origin of these individual capital.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 79%
“…Second, compared to early family characteristics, the impact of immediate and dynamic household characteristics on individual decision-making has been largely ignored (Dyer et al, 2014;Blumberg and Pfann, 2016). For example, the impact of early family size, birth order, and the number of siblings on individual risk attitudes, educational achievement and social status has been well explored (Han and Greene, 2016;Howell, 2019;Xi and He, 2021;Mishkin, 2021). We acknowledge the long-term impact of early family characteristics on individuals but draw attention to the fact that current household may also have a significant impact on individual decision-making.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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