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What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822686
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Distribution of Natural Resources, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development: Growth Dynamics with Two Elites
Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566377
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Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Henley, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global … Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) studies for 2011 and 2012, focusing on the individual rather than on the business venture. Recent data … cultural environment for entrepreneurship. They also suggest that policy-makers may wish to pay closer attention to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761638
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Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Growth
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
where growth is driven by the innovative activity of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is risky and requires investments that … affect the steepness of the lifetime consumption profile. As a consequence, the occupational choice of entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010670827
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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically, that geographical variations in natural land productivity and their impact on the return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959583
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Immigration and the Informal Labor Market
Bosch, Mariano; Farré, Lídia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the size of the informal or underground economy. Using regional variation for the Spanish provinces we find that the massive immigration wave between 2000 and 2009 is highly correlated to the share of unregistered employment, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252287
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Does the Minimum Wage Have a Higher Impact on the Informal than on the Formal Labor Market? Evidence from Quasi-Experiments
Khamis, Melanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates a puzzle in the literature on labor markets in developing countries: labor legislations not only have an impact on the formal labor market but also an impact on the informal sector. It has even been argued that the impact on the informal sector in the case of the minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822449
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Employment Subsidies, Informal Economy and Women's Transition into Work in a Depressed Area: Evidence from a Matching Approach
Deidda, Manuela; Di Liberto, Adriana; Foddi, Marta; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We analyze the effects of an ALMP for disadvantaged workers implemented in a depressed area of Italy. Using propensity-score matching, we find that a) the employment subsidy had a positive effect for participants on both the probability of finding a job and income, b) the outcome of the policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196648
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884080
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Inputs, Gender Roles or Sharing Norms? Assessing the Gender Performance Gap Among Informal Entrepreneurs in Madagascar
Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Vaillant, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We use a representative sample of informal entrepreneurs in Madagascar to add new evidence on the magnitude of the gender performance gap. After controlling for business and entrepreneur characteristics, female-owned businesses exhibit a value added 28 percent lower than their male counterparts....
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