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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 examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working … - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female … - determine wages and no differences in the pay gap are observed between male- and female-owned firms. …
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entrepreneurship entry and exit intentions during the pandemic. To that end, we analyze primary survey data we collected in the … remote work also matter for entrepreneurial intentions. Our findings enhance the understanding of entrepreneurship formation … and closure in a time of adversity and suggest that implementing entrepreneurship training and upskilling policies during …
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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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This study analyzes the relationship between entrepreneurship intention and personal characteristics and skills by …, entrepreneurship, and networking sub-dimensions of the scales are related to entrepreneurship intention. We also find that gender, the … entrepreneurship intention. Results may be useful to understand and enhance entrepreneurship potential. …
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entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. This paper contributes to reconciling mixed findings in the literature on the … literacy training directly benefits men, it does not raise the sales level of women entrepreneurs. Instead, tertiary education … that women entrepreneurs who are tenacious achieve stronger sales performance. Our results underscore the importance of …
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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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partial explanation for this self-employment gap. High wages in STEM paid-employment combined with reduced earnings in self …
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We investigate how the economic consequences of the pandemic, and of the governmentmandated measures to contain its spread, affect the self-employed - particularly women - in Germany. For our analysis, we use representative, real-time survey data in which respondents were asked about their...
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