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Why are the returns to education higher for entrepreneurs than for employees?
van der Sluis, Justin; van Praag, C. Mirjam; van … - 2007
We compare the returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs and employees, based on 19 waves of the NLSY database. By using instrumental variable techniques (IV) and taking account of selectivity, we find that the RTE are significantly higher for entrepreneurs than for employees (18.3 percent...
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees: the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
van Praag, C. Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van … - 2009
spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? Returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; van Praag, C. Mirjam; van der Sluis, Justin - 2008
? Our individual fixed-effects estimates of the differential returns to ability for spells in entrepreneurship versus wage …
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