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Court-ship, kinship and business : a study on the interaction between the formal and the informal institutions and its effect on entrepreneurship
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Saha, Sarani - 2015
In this paper we theoretically and empirically examine how the interaction between the formal court system and the informal loan network affects a household's decision to start a business. We find that when the formal court system is weak, expansion of informal credit network leads to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488828
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Behind the GATE experiment : evidence on effects of and rationales for subsidized entrepreneurship training
Fairlie, Robert W.; Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - 2014
Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393362
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850626
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851173
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734505
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The labor market integration of refugees to the United States : do entrepreneurs in the network help?
Dagnelie, Olivier; Mayda, Anna Maria; Maystadt, … - 2018
We investigate whether entrepreneurs in the network of refugees - from the same country of origin - help refugees' labor-market integration by hiring them in their businesses. We analyze the universe of refugee cases without U.S. ties who were resettled in the United States between 2005 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798240
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Mentoring, educational services, and economic incentives : longer-term evidence on risky behaviors from a randomized trial
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term impacts of an after-school program that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards to attend program activities, complete high-school and enroll in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968605
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Mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn : what do we know about them?
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We focus our analysis on three types of interventions: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards. The objective of this article is threefold. First, we explain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153571
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Just the facts, ma'am : postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the US
Holzer, Harry J.; Dunlop, Erin - 2013
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date snapshot of the most important postsecondary education and labor market outcomes in the U.S. using two nationally representative sources of data: The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and The National Educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729020
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729415