Similar Search Results

Entrepreneurship and human capital : empirical study using a survey of entrepreneurs in Japan

Baba, Ryota; Motohashi, Kazuyuki - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750371

Minorities, human capital and long-rund development : persistence of Armenian and Greek influence in Turkey

Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Gokmen, Gunes - 2016

We study the long-term economic legacy of highly-skilled minorities a century after their wholesale expulsion. Using mass expulsions of Armenian and Greek communities of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century as a unique natural experiment of history, we show that districts with greater...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581278

A general equilibrium theory of occupational choice under optimistic beliefs about entrepreneurial ability

Dell'Era, Michele; Opromolla, Luca David; Santos-Pinto, … - 2018 - This version: August 30th, 2018

to entrepreneurship, and output. The calibration shows that optimism can explain the empirical puzzle of the low mean … returns to entrepreneurship compared to average wages. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924615

Ready, set, go! : why are some regions entrepreneurial jump-starters?

Wyrwich, Michael - 2013

determine start-up activity. Not much is known about what drives entrepreneurship in unstable environments characterized by … talent into productive entrepreneurship is higher in areas abundantly endowed with individuals who have a relatively high … that pre- dates socialism. How institutional context affects entrepreneurship over the course of transition is reflected by …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010189319

Determinants of commercialization modes of science : evidence from panel data of university technology transfer in Japan

Fukugawa, Nobuya - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014428733

Effects of the quality of science and innovation on venture finance : evidence from University Spinoffs in Japan

Fukugawa, Nobuya - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390325

Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018

We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of … indicates the prevalence of a regional culture of entrepreneurship. Moreover, local presence and geographic proximity to a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772874

The skill balancing act : determinants of and returns to balanced skills

Bublitz, Elisabeth; Noseleit, Florian - 2011

. -- entrepreneurship ; returns to human capital ; balanced skill set ; jack-of-all-trades …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009129709

Fritsch, Michael; Kubliņa, Sandra - 2016

This paper investigates the effect of related and unrelated variety on regional growth in West Germany. In particular, we analyze the role of regional absorptive capacity and new business formation for these effects. We find that West German regions benefit from both types of varieties. The...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580747

Signaling and employer learning with instruments

Aryal, Gaurab; Bhuller, Manudeep; Lange, Fabian - 2020

The social and the private returns to education differ when education can increase productivity, and also be used to signal productivity. We show how instrumental variables can be used to separately identify and estimate the social and private returns to education within the employer learning...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162512