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Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - In: European Economic Review 70 (2014) C, pp. 197-209

We investigate the effect of slavery on the current level of income inequality across US counties. We find that a larger proportion of slaves over population in 1860 persistently increases inequality, and in particular inequality across races. We also show that a crucial channel of transmission...

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Formation and persistence of oppositional identities

Bisin, Alberto; Patacchini, Eleonora; Verdier, Thierry; … - In: European Economic Review 55 (2011) 8, pp. 1046-1071

We develop a dynamic model of identity formation that explains why ethnic minorities may choose to adopt oppositional identities (i.e. some individuals may reject or not the dominant culture) and why this behavior may persist over time. We first show that the prevalence of an oppositional...

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Entrepreneurship and team participation: An experimental study

Cooper, David J.; Saral, Krista Jabs - In: European Economic Review 59 (2013) C, pp. 126-140

Entrepreneurs are surprisingly unlikely to have partners. One possible explanation for this is that entrepreneurs have distinctive preferences for working alone rather than in teams. However, a number of alternative explanations exist, such as an inability to locate suitable partners or low...

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Entrepreneurship and organization design

Roessler, Christian; Koellinger, Philipp - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 4, pp. 888-902

We model entrepreneurship and the emergence of firms as an outcome of simultaneous bidding for labor services among … entrepreneurs. This result may help explain the empirically low returns to entrepreneurship. …

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How former business owners fare in the labor market? Job assignment and earnings

Baptista, Rui; Lima, Francisco; Preto, Miguel Torres - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 2, pp. 263-276

This study uses detailed longitudinal matched employer–employee data to examine the impact of entrepreneurial experience on job assignments, careers, and wages. The results suggest that there are significant differences in career mobility between former business owners and workers who were...

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Merger policy, entry, and entrepreneurship

Mason, Robin; Weeds, Helen - In: European Economic Review 57 (2013) C, pp. 23-38

We assess the impact of merger policy on entry and entrepreneurship. When faced with uncertainty about its prospects …

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The effect of early entrepreneurship education: Evidence from a field experiment

Huber, Laura Rosendahl; Sloof, Randolph; Van Praag, Mirjam - In: European Economic Review 72 (2014) C, pp. 76-97

The aim of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of early entrepreneurship education. To this end, we conduct a … randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade … of primary school. We focus on pupils׳ development of entrepreneurship knowledge and a set of non-cognitive skills …

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