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Does the lack of peers contribute to the observed gender gap in entrepreneurial success, and is the constraint stronger for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample...
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into U.S. neighborhoods with no coffee shops increased entrepreneurship. We find that, when compared to census tracts that …
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This paper uses data from global and Canadian surveys data to estimate the powerful linkages between social connections, their related social identities, and subjective well-being. Our explanatory variables include several measures of the extent and frequency of use of social networks, combined...
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This paper builds a theory of informal contract enforcement in social networks. In our model, relationships between individuals generate social collateral that can be used to control moral hazard when agents interact in a borrowing relationship. We define trust between two agents as the maximum...
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entrepreneurship, such as gender, business skills, and social networks. We find that entry regulation moderates the effect of business …, women are more likely to enter into entrepreneurship in countries with higher levels of entry regulation, but mainly because …. Furthermore, individuals who report having business skills are less likely to enter entrepreneurship in countries with higher …
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We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United …-isolated groups achieving considerable economic success via concentrated entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from the United States …
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This research examines the determinants of entrepreneurship in the initial transition from agriculture to industrial … production and the subsequent transition to higher value exporting in China. Using data covering the universe of registered firms …
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Using a unique firm-level dataset from China's "Silicon Valley," we investigate how multinational enterprises (MNEs …) affect local entrepreneurship and R&D activities upon entry. We find that R&D activities of MNEs in an industry stimulate …
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admissions data for 1.8 million individuals with the universe of firm registration records in China. Within a college, we find …
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from China. We find strong evidence that peer effects exist and operate in a positive and nonlinear manner; reducing the …
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