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Impact of NSF support for basic research in economics

Arora, Ashish; Gambardella, Alfonso - EconWPA - 1997

This paper studies the relationship between NSF funding and the publications of US economists using data on 1473 applications to NSF during 1985-1990, 414 of which were awarded a research grant. We first outline a basic methodology for assessing the impact of the NSF support for basic research...

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Financial Education and Savings Outcomes in Individual Development Accounts

Clancy, Margaret; Grinstein-Weiss, Michal; Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are subsidized savings accounts. Unlike other subsidized savings accounts such as Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) or 401(k) plans, IDAs are targeted to the poor, provide subsidies through matches rather than through tax breaks, and require...

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Measuring Savings

Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001

Development depends on saving. But what exactly is saving, and how is it measured? This paper defines saving and describes several measures of financial savings. The measures account for the passage of time and for the three stages of saving: putting in (depositing), keeping in (maintaining a...

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Saving, IDA Programs, and Effects of IDAs: A Survey of Participants

Moore, Amanda; Beverly, Sondra; Schreiner, Mark; … - EconWPA - 2001

Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are special savings accounts designed to help people build assets to reach life goals and to achieve long-term security. Account-holders receive matching funds as they save for purposes such as buying a first home, attending job training, going to college,...

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What is Left to Residual Claimants? The Empirics of Income Reported by Entrepreneurs and Workers

Poutvaara, Panu; Tuomala, Juha - EconWPA - 2004

Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … income with all but undergraduate level of education. However, random effects and matching models suggest that entrepreneurs …

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The level of satisfaction with life: evidence gathered among women from Greater Montevideo

Rossi, Maximo; Bucheli, Marisa - EconWPA - 2004

women from 25 to 54 years old in Greater Montevideo. Many of the results obtained, such as the positive relationship between …

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The liberating power of entrepreneurship in ancient Athens

Bitros, George C.; Karayiannis, Anastassios D. - EconWPA - 2004

Our objectives in this paper are threefold. First, we identify the nature of entrepreneurial climate in ancient Athens. Drawing on the analyses of Athenian writers we argue that, although philosophers, politicians, and generals enjoyed greater civil and social status relative to those pursuing...

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The Green Entrepreneur: Visionary, Maverick or Opportunist?

Taylor, David W.; Walley, Liz E. E. - EconWPA - 2003

Given the importance of green entrepreneurs in the transition towards a truly sustainable society, this paper proposes … frameworks for investigating the motives of entrepreneurs who set up green businesses. Different perceptions of 'green' are … possible forms of green start-ups. The main approach taken in the paper is to review the literature on entrepreneurs generally …

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Geneses of labour market turnover: Job search and entrepreneurial aspirations on-the-job

Hyytinen, Ari; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we study the labour market behavior of employed individuals that have entrepreneurial aspirations in addition to aspirations to switch job. We analyze empirically these two “search processes” side-by-side and report three main findings: First, neither entrepreneurial...

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Entrepreneurial Efficiency: Theory

Takii, Katsuya - EconWPA - 2004

.e., their prediction ability), and derives an aggregate production function as a result of entrepreneurship. An increase in … affects the total factor productivity (TFP) of an economy, the model can explain how entrepreneurship influences TFP. …

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