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up a risky entrepreneurial venture. Using administrative data from Denmark, where unemployment insurance (UI) is …
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been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has …
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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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spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
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Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...
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This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
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Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...
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We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account the potential endogeneity and interdependence of these variables. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point...
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We investigate how a transition from paid employment to self-employment in the labor market influences life satisfaction. Furthermore, we consider the dynamics of work and leisure satisfaction because the balance between work and leisure is an important element of life satisfaction....
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