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The effects of non-compete agreements on different types of self-employment: evidence from Massachusetts and Utah

Can, Ege; Fossen, Frank M. - 2020

-employment into self-employment with incorporated businesses (as a proxy for entrepreneurship) and self-employment with unincorporated …

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2D:4D and self-employment using SOEP data : a replication study

Fossen, Frank M.; Neyse, Levent; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2020

The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the lefthand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about...

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Were small businesses more likely to permanently close in the pandemic?

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid; … - 2022

Previous estimates indicate that COVID-19 led to a large drop in the number of operating businesses operating early in the pandemic, but surprisingly little is known on whether these shutdowns turned into permanent closures and whether small businesses were disproportionately hit. This paper...

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Income taxation and hours worked in different types of entrepreneurship

Can, Ege; Fossen, Frank M. - 2023

We investigate the effect of personal income tax (PIT) rates on the number of hours entrepreneurs work weekly. Using the rotating panel data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey from 2003 to 2019, we estimate instrumental variable regressions in first...

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Trust, positive reciprocity, and negative reciprocity : do these traits impact entrepreneurial dynamics?

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2010

. -- entrepreneurship ; trust ; reciprocity …

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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 … parental self-employment. -- entrepreneurship ; personality ; Big Five ; risk aversion ; locus of control …

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The returns to education for opportunity entrepreneurs, necessity entrepreneurs, and paid employees

Fossen, Frank M.; Büttner, Tobias J. M. - 2012

; necessity ; entrepreneurship …

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Public health insurance and entry into self-employment

Fossen, Frank M.; König, Johannes - 2015

insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most ….e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock, which an …

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Long-term effects of shocks on new opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship

Congregado, Emilio; Fossen, Frank M.; Rubino, Nicola; … - 2024

aimed at stimulating opportunity entrepreneurship versus active labor-market policies supporting self-employment as a way … of new opportunity and new necessity entrepreneurship for the 17 Spanish regions. To test whether exogenous shocks have … more widespread in new opportunity than in new necessity entrepreneurship, implying that shocks and temporary policies are …

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