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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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Postmaterialism influencing total entrepreneurial activity across nations

Uhlaner, Lorraine; Thurik, Roy - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 17 (2007) 2, pp. 161-185

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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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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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Entrepreneurship and its determinants in a cross-country setting

Freytag, Andreas; Thurik, Roy - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 17 (2007) 2, pp. 117-131

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What turns knowledge into innovative products? The role of entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers

Block, Joern; Thurik, Roy; Zhou, Haibo - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 693-718

The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of … entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance. This paper uses the knowledge spillover theory to explain different innovation … outcomes. We hypothesize that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into new …

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Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth

Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 23 (2013) 4, pp. 719-733

This study documents that the survival of start-ups is central in explaining the relationship between entry and regional employment growth. Distinguishing between start-ups according to the period of their survival shows that the positive effect of new business formation on employment growth is...

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