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This article challenges the assumption that the factors associated with the self-employment choices of women differ from those of men; specifically, we test the extent to which women are influenced by standard economic factors compared with family and social issues. We find that economic factors...
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ambiguities and estimates it for data from 23 OECD countries between 1974 and 2002. The empirical results confirm the existence of …
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Previous research on educational mismatch concentrates on estimating its labor market consequences but with a focus on wage and salary workers. This paper examines the far less studied influence of mismatch on the self-employed. Using a sample of workers in science and engineering fields,...
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development of entrepreneurship in the region may help to reduce the barriers. According to the Local Government Act, local … authorities are obliged to ensure the constant development of regions by supporting entrepreneurship. The main goal of this … article is to show that self–employment is one of the forms of the regions` entrepreneurship development. …
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and firing decisions by very small firms (one to four employees). Using data from the EU-15 countries, our results show …
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Entrepreneurship has a cyclical component, raising two questions. Is the entrepreneurship cycle related to the business … cycle? And is there causality? A twoway relationship between entrepreneurship and the business cycle would be in line with … the two faces of entrepreneurs: as agents of change creating upswings (opportunity entrepreneurship) and as rational …
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strategic entrepreneurship and cultural difference, this study investigates the implementation of staff mobility in a cross …
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equity, and 1880 farmland. We identify its effects on entrepreneurship by instrumenting it with land distribution under the … supportive of entrepreneurship such as schooling and the judiciary. Income per capita consequently grows more slowly …
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This policy brief assesses the potential of entrepreneurship to be used as a tool for the integration of refugees into … entrepreneurship. The series includes policy briefs on women’s entrepreneurship, youth entrepreneurship, senior entrepreneurship …, access to business start-up finance for inclusive entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship among people with disabilities, as a …
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Based on an extensive review of the academic and policy literature, this paper focuses on the role of managerial skills, workforce skills and business linkages in enhancing SME productivity. The paper is structured as follows. First, it presents estimates on productivity gaps by firm size to...
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