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Unraveling two myths about entrepreneurs

Hessels, Jolanda; Rietveld, Cornelius A.; van der Zwan, … - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 3, pp. 435-438

The supposed creativity of left-handed and dyslexic individuals may fit well with an entrepreneurial occupation. Empirical evidence from two representative Dutch samples, however, shows that left-handed and dyslexic individuals are not more likely to be(come) entrepreneurs than right-handed and...

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The Determinants of Self-Employment Growth

Goetz, Stephan J.; Rupasingha, Anil - In: Economic Development Quarterly 28 (2014) 1, pp. 42-60

, underscoring the importance of a culture favoring entrepreneurship and path dependence. Self-employment earnings and educational …

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Employment Risk, Returns, and Entrepreneurship

Low, Sarah A.; Weiler, Stephan - In: Economic Development Quarterly 26 (2012) 3, pp. 238-251

Comparing local employment portfolios against entrepreneurship, this research finds that local wage and salary job … market prospects shape incentives for potential entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship may thus be more attractive in areas … revealing tests of the interrelationship between local employment portfolios and the choice to pursue entrepreneurship. The …

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Young immigrant children and their educational attainment

Ohinata, Asako; Ours, Jan C. van - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 288-290

We analyze the determinants of reading literacy, mathematical skills and science skills of young immigrant children in The Netherlands. We find that these are affected by age at immigration and whether or not one of the parents is native Dutch.

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English deficiency and the native–immigrant wage gap

Miranda, Alfonso; Zhu, Yu - In: Economics Letters 118 (2013) 1, pp. 38-41

Using the interaction of language of country of birth and age-at-arrival as instruments, we find strong evidence of a causal effect of English as Additional Language (EAL) on the native–immigrant wage gap for male employees in the UK.

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Fractionalization and trust in India: A field-experiment

Chuah, Swee-Hoon; Fahoum, Reema; Hoffmann, Robert - In: Economics Letters 119 (2013) 2, pp. 191-194

Is India’s high fractionalization associated with mistrust between its two main religious communities? An inter-ethnic trust game field experiment confirms intergroup bias in mutually lower offers between urban Muslims and Hindus in Mumbai. There are no differences in trustworthiness based on...

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Disadvantages of linguistic origin—Evidence from immigrant literacy scores

Isphording, Ingo E. - In: Economics Letters 123 (2014) 2, pp. 236-239

This study quantifies the disadvantage in literacy skills that arises from the linguistic distance between their mother tongue and host country language, combining individual cross-country data on literacy scores with unique information on the linguistic distance between languages.

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Developing Self-Employment Among African Americans: The Impact of Household Social Resources on African American Entrepreneurship

Smith, Danielle Taana - In: Economic Development Quarterly 19 (2005) 4, pp. 346-355

Entrepreneurship has historically been a vital contributor to the dynamism of American economic activity and has … probability of self-employment for African Americans and Whites. The investigation of racial differences in entrepreneurship …. The results of this study show that household resources have both expected and unexpected effects on entrepreneurship. For …

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How does employment protection legislation influence hiring and firing decisions by the smallest firms?

Millán, Ana; Millán, José María; Román, Concepción; … - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 3, pp. 444-448

This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation (EPL) on hiring decisions by own-account workers and firing decisions by very small firms (one to four employees). Using data from the EU-15 countries, our results show that the strictness of employment protection legislation is...

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The â€œMythâ€ That Black Entrepreneurship Can Reduce the Gap in Wealth Between Black and White Families

Bradford, William D. - In: Economic Development Quarterly 28 (2014) 3, pp. 254-269

are consistent with Black entrepreneurship reducing the wealth disparity between Black and White families. …

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