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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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This paper examines how productivity effects of human capital and innovation vary at different points of the conditional productivity distribution. Our analysis draws upon two large unbalanced panels of 6,634 enterprises in Germany and 14,586 enterprises in the Netherlands over the period...
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national survey of the SEO and the Population statistics ofthe CBS. Firstly, the directeffect of immigrants on local labour … wages of less skilled natives and a small positive effecton the wages of high skilledworkers as new immigrants are less … skillednatives are a little adverselyaffected by immigrants. …
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the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …
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1, pages 23-33.<P> Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of … countries and the US. Theeffect of education on the decision to become self-employed is found to be strongly positive … education, the greater the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are …
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surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country …. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up …. Caribbean immigrants, who share a colonial history with the Dutch, assimilate relatively quick compared to other non …
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outcomes in secondary education, but that it is negative and small. This effect is larger for small and medium sized schools …
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model using a unique data set of individuals who completed undergraduate education in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2001 …
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This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship …
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-war period. Existingstudies on the labour market performance of immigrants and ethnicminorities are considered and some new …
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