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explore the relationship between computer ownership and entrepreneurship. Trends over the past two decades provide some … evidence of a positive relationship between home computers and entrepreneurship rates, but the evidence is not clear. In … contrast, an analysis of the relationship between computer ownership and entrepreneurship at the individual level provides …
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Administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if underrepresented minority students benefit from taking courses with underrepresented minority instructors. To identify racial interactions we estimate models that include both student and classroom fixed...
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Previous studies tend to find that immigration has a weak negative effect on the employment and earnings of native-born workers. These studies overlook the effect of immigration on an important sector of the labor force, the self- employed. Anecdotal evidence suggests that immigrants, especially...
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In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
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(Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … achieved through a purposeless quest for wealth and material consumption, but rather through adventure, entrepreneurship, and … entrepreneurship are not merely the keys to economic growth, but to life satisfaction as well. This essay discusses topics in …
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Israel M. Kirzner is the 2006 winner of The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research. In … this essay, we present and evaluate his main contributions to the economics of entrepreneurship. The focus is on how … crucial role of entrepreneurship and the individual entrepreneur has become visible to a much broader audience. Copyright …
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A growing literature examines the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship, but no previous studies … explore whether personality or psychological traits predispose individuals to benefit more from entrepreneurship training. To … address selection issues, we use novel data from the largest-ever randomized control experiment providing entrepreneurship …
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