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Entrepreneurship education plays a crucial role in shaping the attitudes of students towards entrepreneurship as well … the agenda for universities around the world. In this study, we took a look at the higher education entrepreneurship …, Austria, Liechtenstein and German-speaking Switzerland, using a broad definition of entrepreneurship. Our goal was to capture …
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measure of entrepreneurship derived from matching files from the Current Population Survey (CPS) is used to provide the first …. Estimates indicate that hi-tech entrepreneurship rates were lower in Silicon Valley than the rest of the United States during … the period from January 1996 to February 2000. Examining the post-boom period, we find that entrepreneurship rates in …
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illustrates that as the transition process progresses, entrepreneurship development intransition countries is a story of … increasing divergence. The transitional context providesunique opportunities for entrepreneurship activities to develop. However …-based entrepreneurship as the free-market system matures within acontext with low levels of SMEs and inherited negative views towards …
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Recent field evidence suggests a positive link between overconfidence and innovative activities. In this paper we argue that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In particular, we show theoretically and experimentally that...
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Recent field evidence suggests a positive link between overconfidence and innovative activities. In this paper we argue that the connection between overconfidence and innovation is more complex than the previous literature suggests. In particular, we show theoretically and experimentally that...
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asymmetry and sensitivity of labor force participation decisions are found across gender, age, and education groups, and these …
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This Working Paper investigates the possible link between gender inequalities in the labour market and significant … Latin American countries. We consider four aspects of gender inequalities: differences in labour market participation … of gender equality, especially an increase in women?s access to the labour market, in bringing about a reduction in …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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effects on growth and well-being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …
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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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