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The self-employment of men and women : what are their motivations?

Allen, W. David; Curington, William Peter - In: Journal of labor research 35 (2014) 2, pp. 143-161

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Selection into Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Levine, Ross - 2018

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts--and the data confirm--that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …

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Differences in self-employment duration by year of entry & pre-entry wage-sector attachment

Luque, Adela; Jones, Maggie R. - In: Journal of labor research 40 (2019) 1, pp. 24-57

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The Right Stuff? Personality and Entrepreneurship

Hamilton, Barton H. - 2018

entrepreneurship. Previous work has recognized that workers may opt for self-employment due to the non-pecuniary benefits of running a … reveals that the personality traits that make entrepreneurship profitable are not always the same traits driving people to … open a business. This has important consequences for entrepreneurship policies. For example, subsidies for small businesses …

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The Impact of Consumer Credit Access on Employment, Earnings and Entrepreneurship

Herkenhoff, Kyle - 2016

How does consumer credit access impact job flows, earnings, and entrepreneurship? To answer this question, we build a … results suggest that consumer credit access matters for each stage of entrepreneurship and that credit-checks may be limiting …

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Smart and Illicit : Who Becomes an Entrepreneur and Do They Earn More?

Levine, Ross - 2013

"illicit" tendencies as youths accounts for both entry into entrepreneurship and the comparative earnings of entrepreneurs. In …

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Personality Characteristics and the Decision to Become and Stay Self-Employed

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011

one of the most prominent determinants of entrepreneurship - education - and approximately three times larger than …

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Self-Employment Within the Firm

Bassi, Vittorio; Lee, Jay; Peter, Alessandra; Porzio, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We collect time-use data for entrepreneurs and their workers in over 1,000 manufacturing firms in urban Uganda. We document limited labor specialization within the firm for establishments of all sizes and argue that this is likely due to the prevalence of product customization. We then develop a...

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Trust, Positive Reciprocity, and Negative Reciprocity : Do These Traits Impact Entrepreneurial Dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2011

Experimental evidence reveals that there is a strong willingness to trust and to act in both positively and negatively reciprocal ways. So far it is rarely analyzed whether these variables of social cognition influence everyday decision making behavior. We focus on entrepreneurs who are...

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Who Starts a Business and Who is Self-Employed in Germany

Fritsch, Michael - 2012

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic …

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