Military Experience and Individual Entrepreneurship—Imprinting Theory Perspective: Empirical Evidence From China

• Published in: SAGE open Vol. 13; no. 1
• Main Authors: Wang, Haojun, Wang, Ying, Lyu, Bei, Yang, Yanchao, Huang, Honghong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Early Experience; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Human Capital; Military Service; China; Chinese context; entrepreneurial choice; military experience; imprinting theory

Military experience, as a special early experience exerts a very profound impact on individual decision making. This paper investigates the impact of military experience on male labor force entrepreneurial choices and its underlying mechanisms, using the 2014 to 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Surve...