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Ethnic diversity and team performance : a field experiment

Hoogendoorn, Sander; Praag, Mirjam van - 2012

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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis

Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380037

Entrepreneurship selection and performance

Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, … - 2004

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333877

Schooling, capital constraints and entrepreneurial performance

Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2005

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/10011337974

The pleasures and pains of self-employment : a panel data analysis of satisfaction with life, work, and leisure

Zwan, Peter van der; Hessels, Jolanda; Rietveld, … - 2015

We investigate how a transition from paid employment to self-employment in the labor market influences life satisfaction. Furthermore, we consider the dynamics of work and leisure satisfaction because the balance between work and leisure is an important element of life satisfaction....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327339

Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …

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