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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256522
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Regional Wage Differences in the Netherlands: Micro-Evidence on Agglomeration Externalities
Groot, Stefan P.T.; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Smit, Martijn - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
Marshall-Arrow-Romer externalities, where doubling the share of a (2-digit NACE) industry results in a 2.4 percent higher … productivity. We find evidence for a negative effect of competition (associated with Porter externalities) and diversity … (associated with Jacobs externalities). This discussion paper led to a publication in the <A href …
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Search and the City
Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, P.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
We develop a model of an economy with several regions, which differ in scale. Within each region, workers have to search for a job-type that matches their skill. They face a trade-off between match quality and the cost of extended search. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is...
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Are Education Subsidies an Efficient Redistributive Device?
Dur, Robert A.J.; Teulings, Coen N. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
We argue that promoting education may be a means to reduceincome inequality. When workers of different skill levels areimperfect substitutes in production, an increase in the level ofhuman capital in the economy reduces the return to education.Hence, a given compression of after-tax incomes can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256508
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Entrepreneurship Selection and Performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, Wim - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003
This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance in developing economies looks at variations in impact across specific characteristics of the studies. A marginal year of schooling in developing economies raises enterprise...
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Firm Formation with Complementarities: The Role of the Entrepreneur
Roessler, Christian; Koellinger, Philipp - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
We model entrepreneurship and the emergence of firms as a result of simultaneous bidding for labor services among heterogeneousagents. Unique to our approach is that occupational choices, jobmatching and organizational forms are determined simultaneously, sothat the opportunity costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256953
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The Stature of the Self-employed and its Premium
Rietveld, Cornelius A.; Hessels, Jolanda; Zwan, Peter … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in 'Economics and Human Biology' (forthcoming).<P> Taller individuals typically have occupations with higher social status and higher earnings than shorter individuals. Further, entrepreneurship is associated with high social status in numerous...</p>
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Schooling, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Performance
Parker, Simon; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account the potential endogeneity and interdependence of these variables. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257189
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an Entrepreneur?
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
generates a higher income, but only for entrepreneurs: This finding supports Lazear's Jack-of-all-Trades theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257249