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Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance

Parker, Simon; van Praag, Mirjam - 2004

We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account the potential endogeneity and interdependence of these variables. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point...

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Who Values The Status of The Entrepreneur?

Mirjam van Praag - 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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The role of need satisfaction for solo self-employed individuals’ vs. employer entrepreneurs’ affective commitment towards their own businesses

Schummer, Steffen E.; Otto, Kathleen; Hünefeld, Lena; … - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research : JGER 9 (2019) 63, pp. 1-18

Persistence in self-employment is crucial for entrepreneurial activities to generate long-term economic benefits. Consequently, this research examined the commitment of the self-employed towards their business as an important determinant of persistence. However, this research treats the...

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The Effect of Immigration on Native Earnings

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2000

This study investigates the extent of labour market competition among nativeDutch workers and ethnicminorities, using national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour markets is considered. It is shown thatethnic...

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Migration and Immigrants: The Case of the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2001

This paper surveys migration to and from the Netherlands since thesixteenth century with an emphasis on the post-war period. Existingstudies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnicminorities are considered and some new results from our recentresearch are presented.

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The Rationality behind Immigration Preferences

van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kène - 2004

What drives stated preferences about the number of foreigners? Is it self-interest as stressed by the political economy of immigration? Does social interaction affect this preference or is the immigration preference completely in line with the preference for the aggregate population size? In...

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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands

Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2008

Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up. Caribbean immigrants,...

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Same Work, Lower Grade? Student Ethnicity and Teachers’ Subjective Assessments

van Ewijk, Reyn - 2010

Previous research shows that ethnic minority students perform poorer in school when they are taught by ethnic majority teachers. Why this is the case was unclear. This paper focuses on one important potential explanation: I examine whether ethnic majority teachers grade minority and majority...

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Ethnic Employment Gaps of Graduates in the Netherlands

Bisschop, Paul; ter Weel, Bas; Zwetsloot, Jelle - 2020

This research documents ethnic employment gaps for labour-market entrants in the Netherlands in the period 2006-2016. We compare short-term and long-term differences in employment of Dutch graduates with graduates from Moroccan, Turkish, Antillean and Surinamese origin and other (non-)western...

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Modelling Entrepreneurship

Bosma, Niels; de Wit, Gerrit; Carree, Martin - 2003

Two approaches can be distinguished with respect to modelling entrepreneurship: (i) the approachfocusing on the net …

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