Knocking on Heaven's Door? Entrepreneurship, Firm Growth, and Health Risks
We examine the physical health consequences to entrepreneurs of firm growth and decline. Using register-based panel data (2000–2021), we find that entrepreneurs and hired CEOs are, on average, healthier and live longer than individuals from a socio-economically similar random sample from the general...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | IE |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio IE |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/3488 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587241280079 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3488 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Entrepreneurship CEO Stress Mortality Health High growth Decline Panel data 53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas ODS 5 - Igualdad de género ODS 1 - Fin de la pobreza ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura |
| Sumario: | We examine the physical health consequences to entrepreneurs of firm growth and decline. Using register-based panel data (2000–2021), we find that entrepreneurs and hired CEOs are, on average, healthier and live longer than individuals from a socio-economically similar random sample from the general population. However, our findings also reveal that entrepreneurs are more likely to fall ill during their tenure and die younger than hired CEOs. Importantly, our findings demonstrate that both cumulative exposure to growth and episodic, rapid declines in sales and in the number of employees are equally taxing for entrepreneurs and hired CEOs. |
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