Families, Human Capital, and Small Business: Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Using data from the confidential and restricted-access Characteristics of Business Owners Survey, the authors provide some suggestive evidence on the causes of intergenerational links in
business ownership and the related issue of how having a family business background affects small business outcomes.
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