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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010
Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from …) income and of education. Using instrumental variables can provide a way out. However, three questions remain: whether … that the relationship between education and entrepreneurial income is indeed endogenous and that the impact of endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011380037
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Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009 - Current version: May 2009
Total factor productivity of twenty OECD countries for a recent period (1971-2002) is explained using six different models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present paper it is shown that – when this variable is added...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378136
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Are entrepreneurs more optimistic and overconfident than managers and employees?
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
Empirical evidence supports the conventional wisdom that entrepreneurs are more optimistic and overconfident than others. However, the same holds true for top managers. In this lab-in-the-field experiment we directly compare the scores of entrepreneurs, managers and employees on a comprehensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378220
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
Netherlands. We find that the status of occupations is mostly determined by the required level of education, the income level to …, but little power and education. Moreover, we find evidence that individual characteristics, such as entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378334
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Entrepreneurial progress : climbing the entrepreneurial ladder in Europe and the US
Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2010 - Version: March 2010
We investigate which countries have the highest potential to achieve entrepreneurial progress. This progress is defined using an entrepreneurial ladder with five successive steps: “never thought about starting a business”, “thinking about starting a business”, “taking steps to start a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378847
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The entrepreneur's mode of entry : business takeover or new venture start?
Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2006
We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349713
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Risk, balanced skills and entrepreneurship
Hsieh, Chihmao; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720700
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Skill variety, innovation and new business formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur's skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231657
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Ability dispersion and team performance
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2014
. Diversity spreads production over different tasks in order to escape diminishing marginal returns under specialization. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348405
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The Schumpeterian entrepreneur : a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behavior, and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship
Block, Jörn; Fisch, Christian; Praag, Mirjam van - 2016
Innovative entrepreneurship is considered an important pillar for economic development and has sparked a lively discussion in academia and practice alike. Oftentimes, however, the debate is not sufficiently grounded on solid empirical evidence. The academic literature is growing but very...
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