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access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. Our results are robust to alternative …
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We present a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneur-ship by being willing and able to … observationally equivalent natives. Areas with large numbers of im-migrants may therefore lead to more entrepreneurship and innovation …
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Self-employment contributes to employment growth and innovativeness and many individuals want to become self-employed due to the autonomy and exibility it brings. Using "subjective well-being" as a broad summary measure that evaluates an individual's experience of being self-employed, the...
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this traumatic event. Our findings imply that policies encouraging entrepreneurship should also carefully consider the …
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people who joined the former ruling party tended have fewer of the traits associated with entrepreneurship such as motivation …
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entrepreneurship since 2000 and shows that possessing certain personality characteristics will make it more likely that an individual … into entrepreneurship. Further, entrepreneurs are more likely to hire, the higher they score in risk tolerance, trust …
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entrepreneurship based on the "impressionable years hypothesis". Accordingly, we empirically investigate the relationship between bad … economic conditions during youth and later-life entrepreneurship using Gallup from 2009 to 2014. The identification is achieved … conditions when young can significantly predict higher entrepreneurship in later life. For example, experiencing at least one …
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We study the role of formal institutions of contract enforcement in facilitating investments in small and medium firms(MSME). In a framework where established entrepreneurs can enforce contracts informally using their network ties and hierarchical advantage, we argue that an efficient formal...
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Using the Canadian Labour Force Survey, we document the short-term impact of COVID-19 on self-employed individuals in Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February 2020 and May 2020 (-14.8 percent for incorporated...
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Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the flow of … is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be persistent. This …
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