We study possible motivations for co-entrepenurial couples to start up a joint firm, using a sample of 1,069 Danish couples that established a joint enterprise between 2001 and 2010. We compare their pre-entry characteristics, firm performance and postdissolution private and financial outcomes...

We study possible motivations for co-entrepreneurial couples to start up a joint firm, using a sample of 1,069 Danish couples that established a joint enterprise between 2001 and 2010. We compare their pre-entry characteristics, firm performance and post-dissolution private and financial...

Research Summary: Previous literature has documented a large short-term earnings gap for entrepreneurs that return to the wage sector. Using matched employer-employee data from the Belgian Labor Market & Social Protection Database, we document how this initial gap is remarkably persistent....