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understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper …
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employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
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We propose an extension of the standard occupational choice model to analyze the life satisfaction of senior entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status as main factors that shape the relationship between...
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We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … variables show consistency across the sample, we also find much heterogeneity, suggesting that rural entrepreneurship is also a … identified as a priority for African countries, rural entrepreneurship continues to fulfill mainly a risk-diversifying role. This …
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Germany experienced a unique rise in the level of self-employment in the first two decades following unification. Applying the non-linear Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique, we find that the main factors driving these changes in the overall level of self-employment are demographic...
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We analyze whether start-up rates in different industries systematically change with business cycle variables. Using a unique data set at the industry level, we mostly find correlations that are consistent with counter-cyclical influences of the business cycle on entries in both innovative and...
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entrepreneurship, and contrast this with the post-World War II period. This latter period, although it contained the German economic … to weaknesses, and (iv) entrepreneurship is stagnating. Implications for policy are noted. Our paper contributes to the …
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entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … starting a business. -- entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; start-ups ; Germany …
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This paper examines the causes and consequences of changes in the incidence of entrepreneurship in the UK. Self …
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interest than is the case for white males. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; discrimination …
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