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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, … - 2009

spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …

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Returns for entrepreneurs versus employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vis-à-vis wage employees

Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009

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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - 2009

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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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship

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Selection into Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment

Levine, Ross - 2018

We study the effects of ability and liquidity constraints on entrepreneurship. We develop a three sector Roy model that … on entry into entrepreneurship. The model predicts—and the data confirm—that entrepreneurs are positively selected on … positively selected on collateral, but other self-employed are not; and entrepreneurship is procyclical, but self-employment is …

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Financial Capital, Human Capital, and the Transition to Self-Employment : Evidence from Intergenerational Links

Dunn, Thomas A.; Holtz-Eakin, Douglas - 2021

The environment for business creation is central to economic policy, as entrepreneurs are believed to be forces of innovation, employment and economic dynamism. We use data from the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) to investigate the relative importance of financial and human capital...

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Refugees' and irregular migrants' self-selection into Europe : who migrates where?

Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Poutvaara, Panu - 2019

About 1.4 million refugees and irregular migrants arrived in Europe in 2015 and 2016. We model how refugees and irregular migrants are self-selected. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on...

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Out of the shadows and into the classroom : immigrant legalization, hispanic schooling and hispanic representation on school boards

Sabet, Navid - 2023

I exploit the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which legalized millions of Hispanic migrants in the USA, to study the impact of immigrant legalization on schooling outcomes. Although undocumented migrants are entitled to public education, I find significant post-legalization...

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Entrepreneurship and role models

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