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Does self-employment increase the economic well-being of low-skilled workers?

Lofstrom, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 4, pp. 933-952

Low-skilled workers do not fare well in today’s skill intensive economy and their opportunities continue to diminish. Utilizing data from the survey of income and program participation, this paper provides an analysis of the economic returns to business ownership among low-skilled workers and...

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African Americans’ pursuit of self-employment

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 73-86

We examine causes of black/white gaps in self-employment entry rates in the United States by recognizing that industry context heavily shapes impacts of owner resource endowments on the likelihood of successful entry. Barriers to entry, briefly stated, are high in some lines of business and low...

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“Surfeiting, the appetite may sicken”: entrepreneurship and happiness

Naudé, Wim; Amorós, José; Cristi, Oscar - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 3, pp. 523-540

Do the presence and nature of entrepreneurship impact on national happiness, and are nations with happy citizens better … for entrepreneurs to start new businesses? To provide tentative answers we survey the literature on entrepreneurship and … subjective well-being and use various data sources to uncover the first evidence of the relationship between entrepreneurship and …

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Entrepreneurial opportunities in peripheral versus core regions in Chile

Amorós, José; Felzensztein, Christian; Gimmon, Eli - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 1, pp. 119-139

Governmental policies tend to support and boost entrepreneurship in peripheral regions in many countries. This research … Entrepreneurship Monitor’s methodologies, the National Experts Survey, to a sample of 695 key informants in Chile at eight regions of … core regions. The main results indicate that peripherally located entrepreneurship experts perceive their regions as in a …

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Latina entrepreneurship

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy - In: Small Business Economics 33 (2009) 4, pp. 427-439

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Entrepreneurship and competitiveness dynamics in Latin America

Acs, Zoltan; Amorós, José - In: Small Business Economics 31 (2008) 3, pp. 305-322

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