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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success
Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … period of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008916007
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The Entrepreneurial Ladder and its Determinants
Zwan, Peter van der; Thurik, Roy; Grilo, Isabel - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136919
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Entrepreneurial Exit in Real and Imagined Markets
Stam, Erik; Thurik, Roy; Zwan, Peter van der - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
Entrepreneurs exit their business due to selection mechanisms experienced in the market place. Next to this well known ex-post decision to exit, entrepreneurs select ex-ante whether they are willing to pursue an entrepreneurial career at all, or to give up these entrepreneurial intentions. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137356
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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 … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005144558
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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US
Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987445
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Determinants of Job Satisfaction across the EU-15: A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees
Millan, Jose Maria; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008867504
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The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education
Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Andre van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Policy in developed countries is often based on the assumption that higher business ownership rates induce economic value. Recent microeconomic empirical evidence casts doubts on the validity of this assumption or, at least, leads to a more nuanced view: Especially the top performing business...
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and do Family Background Variables make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838535
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Risk Attitudes and Profits among Small Enterprises in Nigeria
Lammers, Judith; Willebrands, Daan; Hartog, Joop - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity has a negative or no effect. Education, age, being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838628
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Risk, Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship
Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, C. Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence … about the effects of risk aversion on selection into entrepreneurship. …
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