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CEs can learn from CDCs. In the context of the current austerity regimes, CEs and community entrepreneurship are …
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entrepreneurs in an economy. We develop a dynamic occupational choice model with endogenous wealth and entry into entrepreneurship …. The model predicts that, with liquidity constraints, the probability of entering entrepreneurship is an increasing … wealth profile for the fraction of workers in entrepreneurship, start-up costs weaken this relationship by depressing the …
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In many countries unemployed people are helped to become self-employed. Self-employment, however, does not necessarily lead to success. Many leave self-employment after a short period and the economic outcome varies greatly. It is important to learn more about the economic outcome for unemployed...
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This paper studies the event history of business foundation. Three theoretical concepts of human, financial and social capital are linked to investigate variations over time of people's decision processes to become self-employed. Data from a cohort of Dutch inhabitants born in 1939/1940 who have...
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Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …
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general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
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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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We study the link between homeownership and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and housing tenure … and entrepreneurship is increasing in mortgage debt; and (iii) the negative relation is more pronounced for entrepreneurs …
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particular focus on developing countries (DCs). In particular, the same concept of "entrepreneurship" will be critically …
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We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …
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