1/ Here are some REALLY interesting findings from a controversial empirical paper asking: *WHY do some people become ENTREPRENEURS?* Of the many findings + hypotheses, a few stand out -SIGNALING theory -REJECTING a system that REJECTS them...
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Akerlofs market for lemons is a great and interesting paper and while this paper is certainly better than average, it's very typical of economists to what to explain entrepreneurship through some quasi-proof of other economic theory.
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Like I said, all you need is to think that entrepreneurship will give you better outcomes in the long run than working for someone else. Then you need some balls and then you go.
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Totally. Plus - maybe you meant it by higher status - more freedom (pick your projects, time off), no bosses to report arbitrary KPIs to. Much of this applies to voluntary freelancers as well, which is the logical next step for many high achievers in my field.
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If we wanna add economic theory for fun: if employee contribution is Pareto the highest achievers have a huge incentive to be outside of the system.
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