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Migrant entrepreneurship and new urban economic opportunities

Nijkamp, Peter; Şahín, Medíha; Baycan Levent, Tüzin - 2009

systematically assess the conditions for successful entrepreneurship of migrants. …

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Koellinger, P. D.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2011 - Date of completion of this updated manuscript: Mar 23, 2011

contradicts existing theoretical hypotheses which predict that entrepreneurship is pro-cyclical or not cyclical. We discuss …

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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …

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Embeddedness of entrepreneurs in rural areas : a comparative rough set data analysis

Akgün, Aliye Ahu; Nijkamp, Peter; Baycan Levent, Tüzin; … - 2009

This study aims to identify the critical factor(s) that determine the embeddedness level (EL) of rural entrepreneurs. In order to achieve this aim, existing applied studies on the embeddedness of entrepreneurs undertaken in different rural areas were systematically collected to create a database...

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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis

Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010

the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …

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Spatial activity and labour market patterns

Russo, Giovanni; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter - 2005

The spatial activity patterns of firms in a multi-regional system are closely connected with the structure and evolution of regional labour markets. Based on an extensive data set (cross-section) on commuting flows in Germany, this paper aims to identify the relationship between entrepreneurial...

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Comparing the returns to education for entrepreneurs and employees

Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - 2004

The returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs, unlike for employees, have not yet been estimated by methods coping with the potential endogeneity problem. We estimate the RTE for entrepreneurs and employees while testing for and coping with this problem. Our results derived from a large US...

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Firm and worker dynamics in an aging labor market

Engbom, Niklas - 2019

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User entrepreneurs for social innovation : the case of patients and caregivers as developers of tangible medical devices

Göldner, Moritz; Herstatt, Cornelius; Canhão, Helena; … - 2019

Prior research has shown that some patients and caregivers such as relatives are innovating in relation to their unmet medical needs. However, there is little evidence whether and how these ideas are later implemented into market-ready solutions and subsequently commercialized. We analyze cases...

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