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Using the 2017 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), we estimate the effect of higher education on entrepreneurship … education are less likely to enter entrepreneurship in general, obtaining any qualification beyond the baseline of compulsory …
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an individual’s probability of becoming an entrepreneur. Consistent with the theory of underdog entrepreneurship that … entrepreneurship, we find that spending a higher share of household income on energy consumption or being energy poor increases the … entrepreneurship. …
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We investigate the effect of exposure to air pollution on an individual's likelihood towards entrepreneurship using … panel data in China. To address omitted variable bias and endogeneity arising from self-selection into entrepreneurship and … propensity for entrepreneurship and a 34 percentage points decrease in the likelihood of entrepreneurial diversification. Our …
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an individual’s probability of becoming an entrepreneur. Consistent with the theory of underdog entrepreneurship that … entrepreneurship, we find that spending a higher share of household income on energy consumption or being energy poor increases the … entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217544
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...
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Using the 2017 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), we estimate the effect of higher education on entrepreneurship … education are less likely to enter entrepreneurship in general, obtaining any qualification beyond the baseline of compulsory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228954
This paper contributes to closing a knowledge gap on gender, entrepreneurship and development by linking the …
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This paper examines gender differences in entrepreneurial performance and their links with start-up capital utilizing a search model and empirical analysis of survey of entrepreneurs from Swaziland. The results show that entrepreneurs of both genders with higher start-up capital record better...
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This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants' probability of becoming entrepreneurs. The policy change consists of stricter entry requirements and restrictions to welfare entitlements. The results indicate that those who...
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This paper analyzes the role of networks in access of women entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher initial capital is associated with better sales performance for...
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