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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158681
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School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions : International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling
Falck, Oliver - 2010
School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141425
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'Entrepreneurs Out of Necessity' : A Snapshot
Poschke, Markus - 2010
"Entrepreneurs out of necessity" identified by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey are a sizeable group across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144388
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Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies : The Role of Institutions and Generational Change
Estrin, Saul - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146838
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Necessity Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy
Block, Jörn - 2014
, socio-economic attributes, and start-up project characteristics that correlate with necessity entrepreneurship …
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Entrepreneurial Couples
Dahl, Michael S. - 2014
inequality in the household. We find no evidence of non-pecuniary benefits or costs of co-entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053533
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Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Henley, Andrew - 2014
national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global … Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) studies for 2011 and 2012, focusing on the individual rather than on the business venture. Recent data … cultural environment for entrepreneurship. They also suggest that policy-makers may wish to pay closer attention to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055221
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The Firm Size Distribution Across Countries and Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
Poschke, Markus - 2014
: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm … payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057902
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Gender Differences in Business Performance : Evidence from the Characteristics of Business Owners Survey
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robb, Alicia - 2021
Using confidential microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we investigate the performance of female-owned businesses making comparisons to male-owned businesses. Using regression estimates and a decomposition technique, we explore the role that human capital, especially through prior work...
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The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions : An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program
Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2021
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students' entrepreneurship …
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