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Ethnic Inventors, Diversity and Innovation in the UK: Evidence from Patents Microdata

Nathan, Max - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2011

Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … 'ethnicity-innovation' channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via 'star' migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …

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The (un)importance of school assignment

Ketel, Nadine; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Sóvágó, Sándor; … - 2023

We combine data from the Amsterdam secondary-school match with register data and survey data to estimate the effects of not being assigned to one's first-ranked school on academic outcomes and on a wide range of other outcomes. For identification we use that secondaryschool assignment in...

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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2011

This paper proposes that risk aversion encourages individuals to invest in balancedskill profiles, making them more likely to become entrepreneurs. By not havingtaken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated the impactsboth of risk aversion and balanced skills on...

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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry: Business Takeover or New Venture Start?

Parker, Simon C.; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2006

We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions

Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2008

This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one...

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Expanding Schooling Opportunities for 4-Year-Olds

Leuven, Edwin - 2006

This study presents quasi-experimental estimates of the effect of expanding early schooling enrollment possibilities on early achievement. It exploits two features of the school system in Holland. The first is rolling admissions; children are allowed start school immediately after their 4th...

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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry : Business Takeover or New Venture Start

Parker, Simon C. - 2006

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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions : An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program

Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2021

This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students' entrepreneurship competencies and intentions using an instrumental variables approach in a difference-in-differences framework. We exploit that the program was offered to students at one location...

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011

creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In this paper we measure the impact of the … data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …

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Does Cultural Diversity Help Innovation in Cities: Evidence from London Firms

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2011

various links between urban cultural diversity and innovation, at individual, firm and urban level. This paper uses a sample …

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