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Young entrepreneurs in rural Africa : prevalence, determinants, productivity

Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - 2014

Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population. Given the large number of young job seekers that will enter the labor market over the next decade, we need a better understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship,...

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The rise and fall of German innovation

Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2021

In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The … country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is … nevertheless a period during which innovation went into relative decline. We document this decline and offer four broad …

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Artificial intelligence, jobs, inequality and productivity : does aggregate demand matter?

Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2018

Rapid technological progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has been predicted to lead to mass unemployment, rising inequality, and higher productivity growth through automation. In this paper we critically re-assess these predictions by (i) surveying the recent literature and (ii)...

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Is productive entrepreneurship getting scarcer? : a reflection on the contemporary relevance of Baumol's typology

Minniti, Maria; Naudé, Wim; Stam, Erik - 2023

We review Baumol's typology of productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship. We argue that the typology is relevant for explaining the secular decline in business dynamics. To the existing explanations for this decline, we put forward the thesis that entrepreneurship has become less...

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