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Families, human capital, and small business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners survey

Fairlie, R. W., & Robb, A. (2007)

ILR Review, 60(2), 225-245

Restricted-access 1992 US Characteristics of Business Owners data. Business success is strongly correlated with prior work experience in a family member's business, only weakly with merely having a self-employed relative; only 1.6% of small businesses surveyed were inherited. Country: United States.

Sourcedoi:10.1177/001979390706000204338 citations (OpenAlex)

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Fairlie, R. W., & Robb, A. (2007). Families, human capital, and small business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners survey. ILR Review, 60(2), 225-245.

https://doi.org/10.1177/001979390706000204

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