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Grogan, L.A. - Tinbergen Instituut - 1997

Federation. Wage and income dispersion have increased markedly in Russia in the sixyears since the transition began. Some studies …

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Out of Africa: What drives the Pressure to emigrate?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Groenewold, George; Schoorl, … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

This paper evaluates the strength of social and economic forces that affect the pressure to emigrate 'out of Africa' for four distinctly different African countries (Morocco, Egypt, Senegal and Ghana). In general, great expectations about attaining a higher living standard and expected low job...

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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...

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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...

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Trade and Growth under Limited Liberalization

Bakanova, Marina; Souza, Lúcio Vinhas de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

trade. It is almost a good representation of reality to say that Belarus trades with Russia. The assessment of the rationale … for the closer integration with Russia and the impact of this process on Belarus growth led us to the conclusion that the … rather than the move towards a Customs Union (and a Union State) with Russia would be a more optimal policy for Belarus. This …

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Total Factor Productivity and the Mongolian Transition

Chessa, Antonio G.; Schouwstra, Marije C. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2005

Total Factor Productivity (TFP)is often used on the macro-economic level as an indicator of changes in efficiency of a country. In many transition economies TFP is seen to have been negative the last decade of the plan economy and starts increasing and become positive after a (quite a) few years...

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Integrated Monetary and Exchange Rate Frameworks

Souza, Lúcio Vinhas de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

Here the author empirically estimates if the different monetary and exchange rate frameworks observed in the Accession Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltics do yield different outcomes in terms of level and variance of a set of nominal and real variables. The author follows and...

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Instituut - 2003

Identification of the entrepreneur's economic function has engaged economistsfor more than 200 years. In this paper we address the issue of entrepreneurship intwo distinct ways: a) as it has historically developed within the field of economicsand b) as it develops in the transitional context. In...

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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 Instituut - 2011

See also the publication in Small Business Economics (2013), 40(3), 651-670. 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....

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The Importance of Being in Control of Business: Work Satisfaction of Employers, Own-account Workers and Employees

Hessels, Jolanda; Millán, José María; Román, Concepción - Tinbergen Instituut - 2015

Self-employed workers can be own-account workers who control their own work or employers who not only are their own boss but also direct others (their employees). We expect both types of self-employed, i.e., own-account workers and employers, to enjoy more independence in determining their work...

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