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Becoming an entrepreneur
Ñopo, Hugo (contributor); Valenzuela, Patricio (contributor) - 2007
employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of micro-enterprises). By means of a difference-in-differences non … employment to entrepreneurship are positive, statistically significant and financially substantial. Even more, the results are … salaried jobs to entrepreneurship and lower losses on the reverse switch. …
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Seemingly irrelevant events affect economic perceptions and expectations : the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2006
"Prominent economic theories have emphasized the role of commonly held perceptions and expectations for determining macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. We provide direct...
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The flexibility of the workweek in the United States : evidence from the FIFA World Cup
Lozano, Fernando - 2009
In this paper I explore the flexibility of the work week in the United States, using the FIFA Soccer World Cup as a natural experiment. My empirical strategy exploits the exogenous variation that arises due to which country hosts the World Cup, as this will determine the time games are broadcast...
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Does extending daylight saving time save energy? : Evidence from an Australian experiment
Kellogg, Ryan (contributor); Wolff, Hendrik (contributor) - 2007
Several countries are considering extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) in order to conserve energy, and the U.S. will extend DST by one month beginning in 2007. However, projections that these extensions will reduce electricity consumption rely on extrapolations and simulations rather than...
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Fatigue and team performance in soccer : evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship
Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013
We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of players and the optimal organization of national and international championships, empirical evidence is lacking. We use data on all the matches played by national teams in all the...
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
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The rise of female entrepreneurs : new evidence on gender differences in liquidity constraints
Sauer, Robert M.; Wilson, Tanya - 2015
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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Migration, entrepreneurship and development : a critical review
Naudé, Wim; Siegel, Melissa; Marchand, Katrin - 2015
general development contribution of migration over and above its contribution through entrepreneurship. The implication is …
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Lifting the iron curtain : school-age education and entrepreneurial intentions
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - 2015
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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Entering and leaving self-employment : a panel data analysis for 12 developing countries
Cho, Yoonyoung; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose M. - 2015
This paper examines the determinants of labor market transitions into and out of self-employment (own-account work and employer), using panel data from 12 developing countries in multiple regions. Despite cross-country heterogeneity, a few consistent patterns emerge. Entering the labor market...
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