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The pleasures and pains of self-employment : a panel data analysis of satisfaction with life, work, and leisure

Zwan, Peter van der; Hessels, Jolanda; Rietveld, … - 2015

is an important element of life satisfaction. Fixed-effects regressions using German Socio-Economic Panel data (1984 …

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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis

Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 2010

Education is a well-known driver of (entrepreneurial) income. The measurement of its influence, however, suffers from endogeneity suspicion. For instance, ability and occupational choice are mentioned as driving both the level of (entrepreneurial) income and of education. Using instrumental...

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The importance of being in control of business : work satisfaction of employers, own-account workers and employees

Hessels, Jolanda; Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; … - 2015 - This version: April 2015

from own-account workers within the group of self-employed using data from the ECHP for 14 European countries. Our findings …

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Does self-employment reduce unemployment?

Audretsch, David B.; Carree, Martin Anthony; Stel, … - 2005 - This version: October 2007

ambiguities and estimates it for data from 23 OECD countries between 1974 and 2002. The empirical results confirm the existence of …

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Determinants of job satisfaction across the EU-15 : a comparison of self-employed and paid employees

Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Hessels, Jolanda; … - 2011 - Version: January 2011

Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of...

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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …

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The Importance of Being in Control of Business: Work Satisfaction of Employers, Own-account Workers and Employees

Hessels, Jolanda; Millán, José María; Román, Concepción - 2015

from own-account workers within the group of self-employed using data from the ECHP for 14 European countries. Our findings …

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Determinants of Job Satisfaction across the EU-15: A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees

Millan, Jose Maria; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; … - 2011

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Social networks, ethnicity, and entrepreneurship

Kerr, William R.; Mandorff, Martin - 2016

We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United … entrepreneurship. Empirical evidence from the United States supports our model's underlying mechanisms. …

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The entrepreneurial ladder and its determinants

Zwan, Peter van der; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Grilo, Isabel - 2007

Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …

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