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Does Entrepreneurship reduce Unemployment?

Audretsch, D.B.; Carree, M.A.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

n this paper, we develop two hypotheses: First, regional innovation efforts have a positive impact on regional knowledge based entrepreneurial activity. Second, knowledge based entrepreneurship positively affects regional economic performance. We test these hypotheses using county level data...

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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan

Stel, André van; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Baljeu, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the...

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Disparities In Economic Growth And Unemployment Across The European Regions: A Sectoral Perspective

Paci, R.; Pigliaru, F.; Pugno, M. - Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS) - 2001

a slow and not very systematic convergence of labor productivity toward a common level, and of an even more uncertain … convergence of unemployment rates. This paper uses a unified framework to study both phenomena. We adopt a three …-migration from agriculture can generate convergence are formulated; and by Baumol (1967), where the role of an expansion of services …

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Optimal Government Spending and Unemployment

Linnemann, Ludger; Schabert, Andreas - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

We study optimal government spending in a business cycle model with frictional unemployment. The Ramsey optimal policy is contrasted with a reference policy which would be first best in a frictionless economy. Results are: the Ramsey policy i) implies a higher steady state ratio of government...

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