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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy; Stel, Andre van; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing...
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The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Eco-nomic Performance in OECD Countries
Carree, Martin; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
This note investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure. The analysis is performed at the country level for 21...
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Post-Materialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations
Uhlaner, Lorraine; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2005
entrepreneurship, new business formation and a combination of the two, referred to as total entrepreneurial activity, as defined within … the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The model is also tested for the rate of established businesses, as distinct from … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, World Values Survey and other published sources. Findings confirm the significance of post …
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Post-Materialism: A Cultural Factor Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activ-ity Across Nations
Uhlaner, Lorraine; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
intersecting data available from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, World Values Survey and other published sources. Findings …
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