Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … Netherlands. We find that the status of occupations is mostly determined by the required level of education, the income level to …

intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

entrepreneurs from the Netherlands provides broad support for the theory; implications for policy-makers concerned about the … entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode is associated with higher levels of schooling and wealth, whereas … managerial experience, new venture start-up capital requirements and risk promote the takeover mode. Entrepreneurs whose parents …

models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …

likely to become entrepreneurs. By not having taken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated … 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 …

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …