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Why encouraging more people to become entrepreneurs is bad public policy

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  • Scott Shane, 2009. "Why encouraging more people to become entrepreneurs is bad public policy," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 33(2), pages 141-149, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:33:y:2009:i:2:p:141-149
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9215-5
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    Keywords

    Economic growth; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Award Winner; Job creation; New firm formation; J24; L26; M13;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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