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What is the value of entrepreneurship? : a review of recent research

Praag, Mirjam van; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007

claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question … group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …

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Entrepreneurial moral hazard in income insurance

Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2011

estimate a bivariate random effects probit on a self-employmentsample drawn from register data. We find that those who are …

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Insurance, entrepreneurial start-up, and performance

Ejrnæs, Mette; Hochgürtel, Stefan - 2014

up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is … positive for would-be entrepreneurs, in contrast to correlations in the data or uninstrumented estimates. Using firm data, we …

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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

Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011

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Why do entrepreneurial parents have entrepreneurial children?

Lindquist, Matthew J.; Sol, Joeri; Praag, Mirjam van - 2012

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Entrepreneurship and role models

Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; Schutjens, Veronique; … - 2011

In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...

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The returns to entrepreneurship : evidence from matched person-firm data

Praag, Mirjam van; Raknerud, Arvid - 2017

Empirical studies show low pecuniary returns of switching from wage employment to entrepreneurship. We reconsider the … transfers is used as an exclusion restriction to identify causal effects. The model is estimated on data covering the whole … indicate that the average returns to entrepreneurship are significantly negative for individuals entering entrepreneurship …

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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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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...

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