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Entrepreneurial moral hazard in income insurance
Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2011
We study entrepreneurs’ behavioral responses of effort (moral hazard) to avoid business failure.This is done in the context of an unemployment insurance scheme for self-employed, wherewe estimate how much of the transition probability to unemployment can be causally attributedto being insured....
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Modelling entrepreneurship
Bosma, Niels; Wit, Gerrit de; Carree, Martin Anthony - 2003
Two approaches can be distinguished with respect to modelling entrepreneurship: (i) the approachfocusing on the net …
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An eclectic theory of entrepreneurship : policies, institutions and culture
Verheul, Ingrid; Wennekers, A. R.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2001
The level of entrepreneurship differs considerably across countries and periods. Both thecauses and consequences of … entrepreneurship are a matter of extensive scientific debate aswell as of great policy importance. A high level of entrepreneurial … paper deals with the determinants of entrepreneurship. An eclectic theory ofentrepreneurship is introduced. This eclectic …
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On Austrian analysis of entrepreneurship and my own
Baumol, William J. - 2003
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Demographics and Entrepreneurship
Liang, James - 2014
Entrepreneurship requires energy and creativity as well as business acumen. Some factors that contribute to … entrepreneurship may decline with age, but business skills increase with experience in high level positions. Having too many older … workers in society slows entrepreneurship. Older workers do not possess the advantages of youth, but more significant is that …
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Social networks and labor market inequality between ethnicities and races
Toomet, Ott; Leij, Marco van der; Rolfe, Meredith - 2012
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Bend it Like Beckham : Ethnic Identity and Integration
Bisin, Alberto - 2010
We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes which have been proposed in the social sciences: cultural conformity and cultural distinction. Under cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by...
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Democracy Undone. Systematic Minority Advantage in Competitive Vote Markets
Casella, Alessandra - 2012
We study the competitive equilibrium of a market for votes where voters can trade votes for a numeraire before making a decision via majority rule. The choice is binary and the number of supporters of either alternative is known. We identify a sufficient condition guaranteeing the existence of...
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University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in Stem Fields : Evidence from California
Arcidiacono, Peter - 2013
The low number of college graduates with science degrees -- particularly among under-represented minorities -- is of growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student-level data on the University of California system during a...
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The Impacts of Covid-19 on Minority Unemployment : First Evidence from April 2020 CPS Microdata
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study...
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