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Research Paper

Does Entrepreneurship Make You Wealthy? Research Paper No 25

Published: 10 March 2015

There is growing interest in entrepreneurial earnings; however prior studies have typically focused on incomes derived from business ownership - a highly problematic measure, which fails to fully capture the rewards of entrepreneurship. In contrast, wealth comprises a stock of accumulated assets providing a more robust measure of relative success and economic well-being over the life-course of the business and the individual entrepreneur.

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  • Diversity
  • Entrepreneurship
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