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migrant entrepreneurs has been largely neglected by both entrepreneurship researchers (EURS 11(1), 27-46, 2004; EPGP 7(1), 153 …
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Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. But in the U.S. rates of self employment among Mexican Americans are only 6 percent, about half the rate among non-Latino whites. Using data from the Mexican and U.S. population census, we show that neither industrial composition nor...
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with experimentation to learn about earnings. This pattern motivates estimating the expected returns to entrepreneurship … found to constitute a substantial portion of the monetary value of entrepreneurship. The model is then used to evaluate …
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personal traits and life skills, the family as a moderating element, as well as the mediating role of entrepreneurship training … processes. The complex nature of entrepreneurship is highlighted, which is influenced by multiple factors as possible boosters …
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, conference and workshops on entrepreneurship to boost the entrepreneurial spirit of students. Though this study has confirmed the … entrepreneurship education scholars, program evaluators, and policymakers. …
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We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts—and the data confirm—that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …
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Why do levels of entrepreneurship differ across America's cities? This paper presents basic facts on two measures of … entrepreneurship: the self-employment rate and the number of small firms. Both of these measures are correlated with urban success … entrepreneurship is linked to a large number of small firms in supplying industries. Finally, there is a strong connection between area …
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entrepreneurship courses were the three demographic and other distal variables that explained the difference in entrepreneurial intent … among the study population. The study, however, showed gender, the chance of taking entrepreneurship courses as part of …
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Entrepreneurship is a worldwide phenomenon with economic growth across the globe that is rendered by the emergence of … solving skills, achievement and instrumental readiness, self-confidence and self-esteem, goal setting, entrepreneurship … design programs that facilitate entrepreneurship to change the mindset, attitude, and intention of those students who do not …
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The question of how entrepreneurship relates to income mobility is cogent given the current public debate about the … sources of income inequality and mobility in United States society. We examine how experience with entrepreneurship has … distribution over time, and to see how their mobility (or lack thereof) was affected by involvement with entrepreneurship. Our main …
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