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Persistence of entrepreneurship in different historical contexts
Fritsch, Michael; Pylak, Korneliusz; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
Persistence of entrepreneurship over longer periods of time could indicate a culture of entrepreneurship among the … World War II, the relationship between historical and current levels of entrepreneurship is not significant. Persistence of … entrepreneurship is related to the historical success of regions, which we capture by the pre-war level of and self-employment in …
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TV and entrepreneurship
Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017
that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …
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Do entrepreneurs really earn less?
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - 2014
employee, while the median solo entrepreneur earns less. However, solo entrepreneurship pays for those with a university …
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Entrepreneurial tendencies of migrants working in the care sector in Poland
Maj, Jolanta; Kubiciel-Lodzińska, Sabina - In: Entrepreneurial business and economics review : EBER 8 (2020) 3, pp. 27-46
entrepreneurship. Contribution & Value Added: The article contributes to the research on migrant entrepreneurship by analysing …
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The persistence of regional entrepreneurship : are all types of self-employment equally important?
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2015
We explore the role of different types of self-employment for a persistence of the regional level of entrepreneurship … regarded a rather weak form of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288768
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Mexican entrepreneurship: a comparison of self-employment in Mexico and the United States
Fairlie, Robert W.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2006
Nearly a quarter of Mexico's workforce is self employed. In the United States, however, rates of self employment among Mexican Americans are only 6 percent, about half the rate among non-Latino whites. Using data from the Mexican and U.S. population census, we show that neither industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267337
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Entrepreneurship among married couples in the United States: a simultaneous probit approach
Parker, Simon C. - 2005
This article proposes a simultaneous probit equation framework to analyse the business ownership patterns of married couples in the United States. A structural model of knowledge spillovers within couples is formulated and estimated. Empirical analysis reveals significant and substantial...
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African Americansà pursuit of self-employment
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy - 2007
differences in entrepreneurship. The barriers facing aspiring entrepreneurs seeking entry into low-barrier industries differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268143
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Who are the microenterprise owners? Evidence from Sri Lanka on Tokman v. de Soto
De Mel, Suresh; McKenzie, David; Woodruff, Christopher - 2008
Is the vast army of the self-employed in low income countries a source of employment generation? We use data from surveys in Sri Lanka to compare the characteristics of own account workers (non-employers) with wage workers and with owners of larger firms. We use a rich set of measures of...
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Mexican-American entrepreneurship
Fairlie, Robert W.; Woodruff, Christopher - 2008
less successful on average than non-Latino whites. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of Mexican-American entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268891