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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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Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Skills in Low-Income Countries
Brixiova, Zuzana - 2017
This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment … environment tend to be more effective in creating productive firms when accompanied by narrowing skill gaps. Similarly, more … conducive business regulations amplify the positive impact on firm creation of better education and reduced skill mismatches. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957509
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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 … environment and entrepreneurial characteristics affect individual decisions to become entrepreneurs and aspirations to set up high …
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Does Education Enhance Entrepreneurship?
Ahn, Kunwon; Winters, John V. - 2022
. Education and entrepreneurship are both influenced by other related factors. The current study estimates causal effects of … formal education on entrepreneurship outcomes by instrumenting for an individual's years of schooling using cohort mean years … education for men. The results suggest that formal education enhances entrepreneurship …
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Ecosystems and Human Health : The Local Benefits of Forest Cover in Indonesia
Garg, Teevrat - 2019
This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860523
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Election Fraud and Post-Election Conflict : Evidence from the Philippines
Crost, Benjamin - 2013
Previous studies have documented a positive association between election fraud and the intensity of civil conflict. It is not clear, however, whether this association is causal or due to unobserved institutional or cultural factors. This paper examines the relationship between election fraud and...
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International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice : A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014
Arends-Kuenning, Mary - 2015
We analyze trends in nursing education in the Philippines during a period of rising and falling demand for Philippine … nurses in the developed countries. Based on focus group discussion data obtained in the Philippines, we examine students … as nurses impose high costs on middle class and lower class families who invest in education hoping that a family member …
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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market : Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
McKenzie, David J. - 2012
We use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of migrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107220
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Insurance Versus Savings for the Poor : Why One Should Offer Either Both or None
Landmann, Andreas - 2012
and a secret saving device on solidarity in risk-sharing groups among rural villagers in the Philippines. Risk is …
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Split Decisions : Family Finance When a Policy Discontinuity Allocates Overseas Work
Clemens, Michael A. - 2012
ambiguous net effects on decisions about work, investment, and education. These net effects, and their mechanisms, are poorly … understood. We study a policy discontinuity in the Philippines that resulted in quasi-random assignment of temporary, partial … entrepreneurship. Remittances appear to overwhelm household splitting as a causal mechanism …
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