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Do Institutions Have a Greater Effect on Female Entrepreneurs?

Estrin, Saul - 2009

both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal …

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Better Means More : Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship

Estrin, Saul - 2009

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional … entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …

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Entrepreneurial Entry : Which Institutions Matter?

Aidis, Ruta - 2009

In this paper we explore the relationship between the individual decision to become an entrepreneur and the institutional context. We pinpoint the critical roles of property rights and the size of the state sector for entrepreneurial activity and test the relationships empirically by combining...

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The Continued Search for the Solow Residual : The Role of National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Acs, Zoltan J. - 2014

This paper introduces a new concept in addition to the traditional measures of stocks of capital, labor, human capital and knowledge, to understand the Solow Residual: National Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (NEE). The NEE construct is based on a methodology that combines institutions and human...

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Entrepreneurial Persistence Beyond Survival : Measurement and Determinants

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

Entrepreneurial persistence is demonstrated by an entrepreneur's continued positive maintenance of entrepreneurial motivation and constantly-renewed active engagement in a new business venture despite counter forces or enticing alternatives. It is thus a crucial factor for entrepreneurs when...

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The Influence of Start-Up Motivation on Entrepreneurial Performance

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander; Stier, Claudia - 2022

entrepreneurship research. In this context, we investigate whether the motives of becoming an entrepreneur influence the subsequent …

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Which Institutions Encourage Entrepreneurs to Create Larger Firms?

Estrin, Saul - 2011

We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across … grow faster. We test these hypotheses using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 55 countries for 2001 …

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Personality Traits and the Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies

Caliendo, Marco - 2016

entrepreneurship literature has emphasised the important role of personality traits as predictors for start-up decisions and business …

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New Evidence on Long-Term Effects of Start-Up Subsidies : Matching Estimates and Their Robustness

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

The German start-up subsidy (SUS) program for the unemployed has recently undergone a major make-over, altering its institutional setup, adding an additional layer of selection and leading to ambiguous predictions of the program's effectiveness. Using propensity score matching (PSM) as our main...

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Do Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed Affect Participants' Well-Being? A Rigorous Look at (Un-)Intended Consequences of Labor Market Policies

Caliendo, Marco - 2019

We estimate the long-term effects of start-up subsidies (SUS) for the unemployed on subjective outcome indicators of well-being, as measured by the participants' satisfaction in different domains. This extends previous analyses of the current German SUS program ("Gründungszuschuss") that...

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