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What is the value of entrepreneurship? A review of recent research
van Praag, C. Mirjam; Versloot, Peter H. - 2007
that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277005
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277008
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277016
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277020
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277025
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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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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions: an evaluation of the junior achievement student mini-company program
Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Praag, C. Mirjam; IJsselstein, Auke - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students' entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277012
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German Financial State Aid during COVID-19 Pandemic: Higher Impact among Digitalized Self-Employed
Bertschek, Irene; Block, Jörn; Kritikos, Alexander S.; … - 2022
In response to strong revenue and income losses that a large share of the self-employed faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the German federal government introduced a €50bn emergency aid program. Based on real-time online-survey data comprising more than 20,000 observations, we analyze the...
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Special issue: family business and regional development
Welter, Friederike (ed.); Block, Jörn (ed.);  … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422642