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This paper combines unique experimental and survey data to examine the determinants of self-selection into a training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861703
In this paper, we examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational training program in India. To do this we … sufficient to fully explain selection into the program. Participants' behavioral traits are also crucial in influencing take up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959667
Why do some people become entrepreneurs, how do institutions affect this choice, and how does this affect the firm size distribution and aggregate productivity? This paper addresses this question using a matching model with occupational choice and heterogeneity in both ability as a worker and ex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010927905
Why do some people become entrepreneurs (and others don't)? Why are firms so heterogeneous, and many firms so small? To start, the paper briefly documents evidence from the empirical literature that the relationship between entrepreneurship and education is Ushaped; that many entrepreneurs start a...
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This paper combines unique survey and experimental data to examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223355
This paper provides new theory and evidence on the relationship between ability and entrepreneurship. I show that there is a U-shaped relationship between the probability of entrepreneurship and both a person's schooling and wage when employed. This pattern can be explained in a model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010871054
This paper evaluates the size of these effects when distortions affect not only resource allocation but also the evolution of firm level productivity itself. To this end, we partially endogenize the evolution of firm level productivity in a standard heterogeneous firm model by allowing firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010600530
This paper combines unique experimental and survey data to examine the determinants of self-selection into a training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183093
In this paper, we examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational training program in India. To do this we … sufficient to fully explain selection into the program. Participants’ behavioral traits are also crucial in influencing take …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011190122