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particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
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Over half of all workers in the developing world are self-employed. Although some self-employment is chosen by entrepreneurs with well-defined projects and ambitions, roughly two thirds results from individuals having no better alternatives. The importance of self-employment in the overall...
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This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment as well as skill gaps where one of the equilibrium outcomes is a low-productivity trap. The paper tests the implications of the model using a cross-sectional dataset including...
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Although comprehensive data from official statistics on new firm formation and entrepreneurs starting a new business are lacking in Germany, we know from empirical studies that entry rates differ between regions, and that the propensity to become an entrepreneur is influenced by...
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This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...
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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 exploit Germany's reunification to identify how school-age education affects entrepreneurial intentions. We look at university students in reunified Germany who were born before the Iron Curtain fell. During school age, all students in the West German control group received formal and...
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Developing and emerging economies have high entrepreneurship rates and relatively many small firms. There is enormous … entrepreneurship at both edges of the size distribution. The model is then used to analyse the effects of productivity growth …, distortions, financial and labor market frictions, and risk. Capturing entrepreneurship across the size distribution allows for …
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entrepreneurship is introduced, where individuals can choose not to work, become entrepreneurs, or work in one of the two sectors … entrepreneurship in the United States. …
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, following labor market matching models. Setting out an endogenous growth model with entrepreneurship we derive a … Entrepreneurship Beveridge Curve, through which we illustrate that entrepreneurial start-ups are the outcome of the efficiency with … which entrepreneurial abilities are matched with business opportunities. The Entrepreneurship Beveridge Curve is a …
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