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Living in rural areas and self-employment
Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2022
This paper examines whether workers living in rural areas are more likely to be self-employed, compared with those in urban areas. We provide evidence for 35 European countries, using the European Working Conditions Survey for the year 2015. We also study the time devoted to market work, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012821909
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Entrepreneurship among low-, mid- and high-income workers in South America : a fuzzy-set analysis
Velilla, Jorge; Molina, José Alberto; Ortega, Raquel - 2020
South America. Using data from the GEM APS for the period 2005-2017, we apply fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis …, allowing us to find causal links in the form of necessary conditions linked to entrepreneurship in the sample countries … gender. However, peer effects, the social perception of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial skills, and formal education seem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210675
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What works in supporting women-led businesses?
Ubfal, Diego - 2024
Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This paper reviews the literature on strategies to support women entrepreneurs in improving their business outcomes. It focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525018
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Can interactive online training make high school students more entrepreneurial? : experimental evidence from Rwanda
Lafortune, Jeanne; Pugatch, Todd; Tessada, José A.; … - 2022
We study the short-run effects of a gamified online entrepreneurship training offered to high school students in Rwanda …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822079
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A wage-efficiency spatial model for US self-employed workers
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016
time-use data from the American Time Use Survey 2003-2014 to analyze the spatial distribution of self-employment across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449760
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Short- vs long-term intergenerational correlations of employment and self-employment in Europe
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020
-employment in European countries, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. Using longitudinal … data for the period 2003-2016, fixed effect estimates show a significant short-term correlation between the current …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164530
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Peer networks and entrepreneurship : a Pan-African RCT
Vega-Redondo, Fernando; Pin, Paolo; Ubfal, Diego; … - 2019
Can large-scale peer interaction foster entrepreneurship and innovation? We conducted an RCT involving almost 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149002
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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2019
A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005483
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Resampling and bootstrap to assess the relevance of variables : a new algorithmic approach with applications to entrepreneurship data
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Lafuente, Miguel; Molina, … - 2016
relevant models, in terms of predictability, reducing dimensions. We apply this methodology to the Global Entrepreneurship … Monitor data for the year 2014, and find that innovation and new technologies, help others with their business, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476420