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Skill composition and regional entrepreneurship: a comparative study between Germany and Portugal

Mendonça, Joana; Grimpe, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

member states, different institutional infrastructures for entrepreneurship. Based on a harmonized dataset, our results …

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Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns

Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Roed, Knut; Skogstrøm, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We examine the origins and outcome of entrepreneurship on the basis of exceptionally comprehensive Norwegian matched … worker-firm-owner data. In contrast to most existing studies, our notion of entrepreneurship not only comprises self …-employment, but also employment in partly self-owned limited liability firms. Based on this extended entrepreneurship concept, we find …

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Regional Income Convergence in the Enlarged Europe, 1995-2000: A Spatial Econometric Perspective

Fischer, Manfred M.; Stirböck, Claudia - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

This paper adopts a spatial econometric perspective to analyse regional convergence of per capita income in Europe in 1995 to 2000 and, moreover, relaxes the assumption of a single steady-state growth path which appears to be out of tune with reality of empirical dynamics. The two-club spatial...

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On the Sources of Convergence: A Close Look at the Spanish Regions

de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

We investigate the sources of productivity convergence using panel data for the Spanish regions. As a framwork, we develop a simple descriptive growth model which allows for factor accumulation, technological diffusion and rate effects from human capital and which includes fixed regional effects...

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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?

Audretsch, David B; Carree, Martin A; Thurik, A R Roy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, high unemployment rates may lead to start-up activity of self-employed individuals (the 'refugee' effect). On the other hand, higher rates of self employment may indicate increased...

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The effect of broadband infrastructure on entrepreneurial activities: The case of Germany

Heger, Diana; Rinawi, Miriam; Veith, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

This paper investigates whether the local infrastructure favours entrepreneurial activities. Besides the physical and knowledge infrastructure we take into account a county's broadband availability by building an index which accounts for county-related specificities. We find that broadband...

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

-employment and entrepreneurship and their economic success. Particular attention is paid to the role of legal status at entry in the …

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Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants vs Natives

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Economically active people are either in gainful employment, are unemployed or self-employed. We are interested in the dynamics of the transitions between these states across the business cycle. It is generally perceived that employment or self-employment are absorbing states. However,...

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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does it Pay? Native Men, Turks and Other Migrants in Germany

Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition; self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the...

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Past Experience, Cognitive Frames, and Entrepreneurship: Some Econometric Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

Bhaduri, S.; Worch, H. - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2008

entrepreneurship in a more holistic manner. We provide econometric evidence of the impact of past experience on all three …

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