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Selection into Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Levine, Ross - 2018

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts--and the data confirm--that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …

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Short Criminals : Stature and Crime in Early America

Bodenhorn, Howard - 2010

This paper considers the extent to which crime in early America was conditioned on height. With data on inmates incarcerated in Pennsylvania state penitentiaries between 1826 and 1876, we estimate the parameters of Wiebull proportional hazard specifications of the individual crime hazard. Our...

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Crime and Body Weight in the Nineteenth Century : Was there a Relationship between Brawn, Employment Opportunities and Crime?

Bodenhorn, Howard - 2009

This paper considers the extent to which crime in the 19th century was conditioned on body weight. With data on inmates incarcerated in the Tennessee and Illinois state penitentiaries between 1831 and 1892, we estimate the parameters of Wiebull proportional hazard specifications of the...

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Acting White or Acting Black : Mixed-Race Adolescents' Identity and Behavior

Ruebeck, Christopher - 2008

Although rates of interracial marriage are on the rise, we still know relatively little about the experiences of mixed-race adolescents. In this paper, we examine the identity and behavior of mixed-race (black and white) youth. We find that mixed-race youth adopt both types of behaviors -- those...

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The Economics of Identity and the Endogeneity of Race

Bodenhorn, Howard - 2003

Economic and social theorists have modeled race and ethnicity as a form of personal identity produced in recognition of the costliness of adopting and maintaining a specific identity. These models of racial and ethnic identity recognize that race and ethnicity is potentially endogenous because...

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Smart and Illicit : Who Becomes an Entrepreneur and Do They Earn More?

Levine, Ross - 2013

"illicit" tendencies as youths accounts for both entry into entrepreneurship and the comparative earnings of entrepreneurs. In …

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