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Minorities in entrepreneurship : an international review

Wood, Glenice J.; Davidson, Marilyn J.; Fielden, Sandra - 2012

reviewed, both post graduate students and undergraduate students studying entrepreneurship will find this book an invaluable …

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Developing, shaping and growing entrepreneurship

Fayolle, Alain (ed.); Kyrö, Paula (ed.); … - 2015

. Developing, Shaping and Growing Entrepreneurship considers the role played by education, research, context and strategy in … wide-ranging examination of the influences on entrepreneurial activity that also asks new questions of entrepreneurship and …

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Economic development through entrepreneurship : government, university and business linkages

Shane, Scott Andrew (contributor) - 2005

entrepreneurship. This book fills that gap, focusing on policy aspects of government-university partnerships with a discussion both of …1. An historical perspective on government-university partnerships to enhance entrepreneurship and economic development … -- 2. Government policies to encourage economic development through entrepreneurship : the case of technology transfer -- 3 …

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The role of entrepreneurial human capital as a driver of endogenous economic growth

Ehrlich, Isaac; Li, Dunli; Liu, Zhiqiang - 2017

Entrepreneurship Monitor's Adult Population Survey of 63 countries over 2002-2010 and find robust support for these hypotheses. …

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The economics of language : an introduction and overview

Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor) - 2008

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...

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The nature and extent of job separations in Germany : some new evidence from SOEP

Haile, Getinet Astatike - 2009

This paper analyses job separations in Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel spanning from 1984 to 2003. Based on detailed reasons for job separation and different SOEP samples, the paper attempts to establish the nature of job separations in Germany. It brings to light some...

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Ethnic specialization and earnings inequality : why being a minority hurts but being a big minority hurts more

Kahanec, Martin (contributor) - 2006

Social interaction is an important vehicle of human capital acquisition and its efficiency decreases in social distance. In this paper I establish that these two premises, given the socio-cultural differences between ethnic groups, explain the puzzling evidence that (i) minorities typically earn...

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Do bans on affirmative action hurt minority students? : evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

Cortes, Kalena E. - 2010

In light of the recent bans on affirmative action in higher education, this paper provides new evidence on the effects of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas...

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Bend it like Beckham : ethnic identity and integration

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - 2010

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural conformity and cultural distinction. Under cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by...

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Can state language policies distort students' demand for higher education?

Muravyev, Alexander; Talavera, Oleksandr - 2010

This paper takes advantage of a recent policy experiment in Ukraine's secondary education system to study the effect of stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority students' demand for, as well as opportunities to pursue, further studies at the university...

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