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Endogenous leadership : selection and influence
Arbak, Emrah (contributor);  … - 2007
leaders are socially concerned, while others expect to distill some personal gain, possibly of non-pecuniary nature. The … lead. Lastly, though voluntary leaders improve efficiency in their team, they are not necessarily more influential than … randomly imposed leaders. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003579985
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Leadership at school : does the gender of siblings matter?
Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria - 2012
are more likely to be leaders in school. -- non-cognitive skills ; school behaviors ; siblings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663904
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Network structure and education outcomes : evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asadul; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - 2015
-player centralities. Leaders are mostly responsible for this effect, while bad apples have little influence. Own Katz-Bonacich centrality …
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Leadership skills and wages
Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Weinberger, Catherine - 2002
in 1992, and appears to have increased over time. High-school leaders are more likely to occupy managerial occupations as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411183
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Diagnosing discrimination : stock returns and CEO gender
Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2006
A vast labor literature has found evidence of a "glass ceiling", whereby women are under-represented among senior management. A key question remains the extent to which this reflects unobserved differences in productivity, preferences, prejudice, or systematically biased beliefs about the...
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Leader identity and coordination
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Lakshmi Iyer; … - 2018
This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or … in India. We find that religious minority leaders (Muslims) improve coordination, while majority leaders (Hindus) do not …
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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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