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What Explains the Gender Earnings Gap in Self-Employment? A Decomposition Analysis with German Data
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in self-employment than in paid employment. Applying an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, more than a quarter of the difference in monthly self-employment earnings can be traced back to...
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Happiness and Work
Krause, Annabelle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The analyses are mostly based on large-scale survey data to measure subjective well-being. Whereas one large strand of research investigates the effect of job loss and becoming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959638
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Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the Millennium
Clark, Andrew E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It is first underlined that not having a job when you want one is a major source of low well-being. Second, job values have remained fairly stable over time, although workers seem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015469
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The (Unexpected) Structure of "Rents" on the French and British Labour Markets
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this reflects labour market wage rents. Perhaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762123
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Are Self-Employed Really Happier Than Employees? An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees. We argue that those estimates in previous studies might be biased by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects. For testing we specify several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924596
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The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Rosendahl Huber, Laura; Sloof, Randolph; van Praag, Mirjam - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of early entrepreneurship education. To this end, we conduct a … randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade … found zero or negative effects. Because these earlier studies all pertain to education for adolescents, our result …
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Are the Self-Employed Really Jacks-of-All-Trades? Testing the Assumptions and Implications of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship with German Data
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
-of-all-trades" view of entrepreneurship by Lazear (AER 2004). Consistent with its theoretical assumptions we find that self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371914
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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training
Fairlie, Robert W.; Karlan, Dean; Zinman, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …
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Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children?
Lindquist, Matthew J.; Sol, Joeri; Praag, Mirjam C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Parental entrepreneurship is a strong, probably the strongest, determinant of own entrepreneurship. We explore the … origins of this intergenerational association in entrepreneurship. In particular, we identify the separate effects of pre- and … biological parents. Moreover, we use comparable data on entrepreneurship for a large, representative sample of the Swedish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959718
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Unemployment Insurance and Entrepreneurship
Røed, Knut; Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
programs (ALMP) affect the transition rates from unemployment to regular employment and entrepreneurship. We find that the … entrepreneurship hazard is highly responsive with respect to UI incentives, and that the probability of starting up a new business … employment hazard, it has no effect on entrepreneurship. We speculate that this reflects the programs' one-sided focus on job …
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