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Firm ownership is a dening feature of immigrant adaptation: 41% of immigrants own a firm at some point in their first 10 years post-arrival. We use Canadian data linking immigrant arrival records with individual and firm tax data to examine the process of entering firm ownership for immigrants....
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Theory predicts that entrepreneurs have distinct attitudes towards risk and uncertainty, but empirical evidence is … mixed. To better understand the unique behavioral characteristics of entrepreneurs and the causes of these mixed results, we … perform a large "ab-in-the-field" experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers - a suitable comparison group - and employees …
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We test the hypothesis, based on popular and theoretical perspectives, that entrepreneurs are more action-oriented than … experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and employees. Our experimental results show that entrepreneurs are indeed more … curiosity. Our empirical test results show that (i) entrepreneurs score indeed higher, on average, than managers and employees …
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This paper builds upon the work of McCaffrey (2016) who explores how economics can enhance entrepreneurship education … enterprise needs to be successful. Second, we developed teaching guides which feature three successful Gen Z entrepreneurs - Max …
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We study the effect of entrepreneurship and its allocation between necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship on three … and non-monetary wellbeing to entrepreneurial allocation. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor we establish … that opportunity entrepreneurship may contribute towards national wellbeing and that better wellbeing in turn may stimulate …
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inequality in the household. We find no evidence of non-pecuniary benefits or costs of co-entrepreneurship. …
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understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper … conclude that policies to support young entrepreneurs in rural Africa should not only focus on creating conditions that attract … young adults to start enterprises, but to also enable young entrepreneurs to improve productivity in already existing …
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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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employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university … distribution in their previous salaried job. Surprisingly, the variation in hourly incomes of solo entrepreneurs is higher than … that of entrepreneurs with employees. …
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also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …
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