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When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration
van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Henkens, Kène - 2006
emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand … emigration from high-income countries we focus not only on factors that refer to individual characteristics, but also on the …, etc. Based on data about the emigration intentions of the Dutch population collected during the years 2004-2005 we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325160
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Human Capital, Firm Capabilities, and Innovation
Bhaskarbhatla, Ajay; Hegde, Deepak; Peeters, Thomas - 2017
Are differences in inventor productivity due to differences in inventors’ skills or differences in the capabilities of the firms they work for? We analyze a 37-year panel that tracks the patenting of U.S. inventors and find strong evidence for serial correlation in inventors’ productivity....
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Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2014
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur's skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both generalists and specialists to possess skill variety. Third,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377186
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; van Praag, 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...
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Returns for Entrepreneurs versus Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vis-a-vis Wage Employees
van Praag, Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van der … - 2009
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
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A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages
Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2004
In our increasingly interconnected and open world, international migration is becoming an important socio-economic phenomenon for many countries. Since the early 1980s, many studies have been undertaken of the impact of immigration on host labour markets. Borjas (2003) noted that the estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325439
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When the Quality of a Nation Triggers Emigration
van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2006
emigration intentions of native-born inhabitants of one industrialized country in particular: the Netherlands. To understand … emigration from high-income countries we focus not only on factors that refer to individual characteristics, but also on the …, education, etc. Based on data about the emigration intentions of the Dutch population collected during the years 2004-2005 we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012733967
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You've Got Email: A Workflow Management Extraction System
Chaipornkaew, Piyanuch; Prexawanprasut, Takorn; … - 2017
Email is one of the most powerful tools for communication. Many businesses use email as the main channel for communication, so it is possible that substantial data are included in email content. In order to help businesses grow faster, a workflow management system may be required. The data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662546
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A Generalized Email Classification System for Workflow Analysis
Chaipornkaew, Piyanuch; Prexawanprasut, Takorn; Chang, … - 2017
One of the most powerful internet communication channels is email. As employees and their clients communicate primarily via email, much crucial business data is conveyed via email content. Where businesses are understandably concerned, they need a sophisticated workflow management system to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819459
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Skill Variety, Innovation and New Business Formation
Hessels, Jolanda; Brixy, Udo; Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas - 2018
We extend Lazear’s theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical framework linking new business creation with an entrepreneur’s skill variety. Second, in this model we allow for both generalists and specialists to possess skill variety....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014149710