130652 20240130150402.0 doi 10.1016/j.jeoa.2018.03.004 sideral 105213 ART-2018-105213 eng Velilla, J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0553-6360 Why older workers become entrepreneurs? International evidence using fuzzy set methods 2018 In this paper, we empirically analyze the individual characteristics that drive older workers to become entrepreneurs, providing evidence of the differences between developed and developing countries. While OLS models provide limited conclusions, Qualitative Comparative Analysis and fuzzy set logic, at the country level, using GEM 2014 Adult Population Survey micro-data, show the importance of the various combinations of high and/or low presence of skills, opportunities, entrepreneurial perceptions, peer effects, and satisfaction with life and income. This indicates how entrepreneurship may be a potential source of income for older workers, in a range of contexts. Further, we find that all the possible combinations of higher proportions of individuals with the latter features are necessary conditions. Our results contribute by identifying certain aspects of the entrepreneurial behavior of older workers, highlighting certain causal patterns of the complex phenomenon that is entrepreneurship. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 1.75 2018 DEMOGRAPHY 10 / 29 = 0.345 2018 Q2 T2 GERONTOLOGY 18 / 36 = 0.5 2018 Q2 T2 ECONOMICS 125 / 363 = 0.344 2018 Q2 T2 0.739 2018 Life-span and Life-course Studies 2018 Q2 Economics and Econometrics 2018 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Molina, J.A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606 Ortega, R. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5545-7006 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 12 (2018), 88-95 J. econ. ageing Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2212-828X 461388 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130652/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1543881 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130652/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:130652 articulos driver 2024-01-30-14:05:17 ARTICLE