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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379475
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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000
Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2004
countries. First, the concepts of uncertainty and risk are elaborated, as well as theirrelevance for entrepreneurship. Second … (uncertaintyavoidance) may have a diverging impact on entrepreneurship. Possibly, a climate of uncertainty avoidancein large organizations …, suggesting that risingopportunity costs of entrepreneurship are the dominant perception in this cultural environment. In a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334327
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The more business owners the merrier? : the role of tertiary education
Praag, Mirjam van; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2011
Policy in developed countries is often based on the assumption that higher business ownership rates induce economic value. Recent microeconomic empirical evidence casts doubts on the validity of this assumption or, at least, leads to a more nuanced view: Especially the top performing business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386434
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003644212
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913183
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Comparing the returns to education for entrepreneurs and employees
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - 2004
The returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs, unlike for employees, have not yet been estimated by methods coping with the potential endogeneity problem. We estimate the RTE for entrepreneurs and employees while testing for and coping with this problem. Our results derived from a large US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453208
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Comparing the returns to education for entrepreneurs and employees
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002256747
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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 22 OECD countries, 1976 - 2000
Wennekers, A. R.; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Stel, Adriaan J. van - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001884431
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Entrepreneurial exit in real and imagined markets
Stam, Erik; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Zwan, Peter van der - 2009 - Version: October 2009
Entrepreneurs exit their business due to selection mechanisms experienced in the market place. Next to this well known ex-post decision to exit, entrepreneurs select ex-ante whether they are willing to pursue an entrepreneurial career at all, or to give up these entrepreneurial intentions. This...
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