Early Retirees As the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Singh, Gangaram; DeNoble, Alex F.

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“…Kautonen et al (2014) considered the influence of the parents' occupations, financial support and the risk of failure. Eventually, Singh and DeNoble (2003) examined entrepreneurial paths of older entrepreneurs that can be constrained, rational, or reluctant.…”

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Grey vs. Young Entrepreneurs: Are They Really That Different in Terms of Entrepreneurial Intentions? Empirical Evidence from Italy

Matricano¹

2018

IJBM

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In the past, entrepreneurship was considered a young person's endeavour, since it was a working choice made after graduation. Social and demographic changes occurring over the last decades have totally modified that assumption so that entrepreneurship is now a phenomenon involving third age people (aged 55 or older) as well. Scholars have started investigating the differences between young and grey entrepreneurs. This topic of research has always been considered halfway between psychological and social studies on the one hand and entrepreneurial studies on the other. Without denying the relevance that psychological and social studies have in the field of entrepreneurship, in the present paper the phenomenon of grey entrepreneurship is only investigated according to an entrepreneurial perspective. Thus, predictors of entrepreneurial intentions are only rooted in entrepreneurial literature and refer to intellectual capital. The results, based on data retrieved from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) website for Italy in 2013, indicate that grey and young entrepreneurs are not that different regarding intellectual capital affecting their entrepreneurial intentions. This result enriches previous literature about grey entrepreneurs.

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Grey vs. Young Entrepreneurs: Are They Really That Different in Terms of Entrepreneurial Intentions? Empirical Evidence from Italy

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2018

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“…Previous studies indicate that, all else being equal, entrepreneurship should be more feasible for older individuals as they are more likely to have the experience and resources needed for engaging in start-up behaviour compared to their younger counterparts (van Praag & van Ophem, 1995;Singh & DeNoble, 2003). The age-related decline in the level of entrepreneurial behaviour should therefore mainly be a function of perceived desirability, which is related to the opportunity costs of entrepreneurship vis-à-vis waged employment.…”

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Emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour: The role of age-based self-image

Kautonen

Hatak

Kibler

et al. 2015

Journal of Economic Psychology

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Please cite this article as: Kautonen, T., Hatak, I., Kibler, E., Wainwright, T., Emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour: The role of age-based self-image, Journal of Economic Psychology (2015), doi: http://dx.doi. org/ 10.1016/j.joep.2015.07.004 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour: the role of age-based self-image

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“…Singh and DeNoble 2003). For instance, self-employment transition in older age may be predominantly driven by the lack of employment opportunities in the primary labour market.…”

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Who opts for self-employment after retirement? A longitudinal study in the Netherlands

Solinge

2013

Eur J Ageing

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Self-employment among older age groups is rising. A better understanding of the role of self-employment in extending the working lives of individuals is, therefore, relevant from a policy perspective. By bridging the gap in the literature on work/retirement decisionmaking and entrepreneurship, the present study examines the factors associated with entry into self-employment post-retirement, after a worker has left a regular salaried position. This decision is modelled as a choice between full retirement and prolonged labour force participation, in the form of either a typical wage-providing job or selfemployment. Data were derived from the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute Work and Retirement Panel, an ongoing longitudinal survey of older workers (50 years and over) employed by three private sector organisations and employed as civil servants in the Netherlands. These data were then analysed using multinomial logistic regression analysis. The results of this study show that the decision to pursue self-employment is primarily taken by retirees with relatively high levels of financial and human capital (wealth and educational attainment), those possessing entrepreneurial attitudes (high self-efficacy scores) and those who perceive their retirements to be completely involuntary. The results lend support to self-employment being selected as a postretirement path through opportunity rather than out of necessity. The fact that the retirements of the studied population were generally quite early, while not considered involuntary also suggests that the timing of the decision to retire may be driven by the emergence of new (business) opportunities.

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Early Retirees As the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Cited by 227 publications

References 64 publications

Grey vs. Young Entrepreneurs: Are They Really That Different in Terms of Entrepreneurial Intentions? Empirical Evidence from Italy

Grey vs. Young Entrepreneurs: Are They Really That Different in Terms of Entrepreneurial Intentions? Empirical Evidence from Italy

Emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour: The role of age-based self-image

Who opts for self-employment after retirement? A longitudinal study in the Netherlands

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