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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008

ability has a stronger impact on entrepreneurial incomes than on wages. Entrepreneurs and employees benefit from different … sets of specific abilities: Language and clerical abilities have a stronger impact on wages, whereas mathematical, social …

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Decomposing the gender wage gap in the Netherlands with sample selection adjustments

Albrecht, James W.; Vuuren, Aico van; Vroman, Susan B. - 2004

In this paper, we use quantile regression decomposition methods to analyzethe gender gap between men and women who work full time in the Nether-lands. Because the fraction of women working full time in the Netherlands isquite low, sample selection is a serious issue. In addition to shedding...

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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

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...

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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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Dual track or academic route for auditors

Jonker, Nicole; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - 2002

make it easier for them to switch employers than for the part-time educated auditors. The predictions on tenure and wages …

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Nash bargaining and the wage consequences of educational mismatches

Hartog, Joop; Sattinger, Michael - 2012

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Careers in multinational enterprises

Roesch, Marcus; Gerritse, Michiel; Karreman, Bas - 2024

with experience at MNEs instead of domestic firms earn up to 14% higher wages within the MNE, and up to 11% higher wages … find that MNEs hire more juniors, pay lower starting wages, and are more selective towards senior workers than domestic …

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