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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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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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Mode of entry into hybrid entrepreneurship : new venture start-up versus business takeover

Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank C.; Robert, Frank; … - 2017

entrepreneurship. Little is known about the entry modes (new venture start-up vs. business takeover) of hybrid entrepreneurs. Our study … aims to close this gap by investigating the path to hybrid entrepreneurship. Using a large sample of French hybrid …, our study contributes to research on hybrid entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship entry modes. Moreover, it informs policy …

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Entrepreneurial couples

Dahl, Michael S.; Praag, Mirjam van; Thompson, Peter - 2014

We study possible motivations for co-entrepenurial couples to start up a joint firm, using a sample of 1,069 Danish couples that established a joint enterprise between 2001 and 2010. We compare their pre-entry characteristics, firm performance and postdissolution private and financial outcomes...

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Entrepreneurial couples

Dahl, Michael S.; Praag, Mirjam van; Thompson, Peter - 2014

inequality in the household. We find no evidence of non-pecuniary benefits or costs of co-entrepreneurship. …

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The impact of gender diversity on the performance of business teams : evidence from a field experiment

Hoogendoorn, Sander; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011

This paper reports about a field experiment conducted to estimate the impact of the share of women in business teams on their performance. Teams consisting of undergraduate students in business studies start up a venture as part of their curriculum. We manipulated the gender composition of teams...

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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success

Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016

the founder(s). The analysis is based on matched employer-employee data and covers about 5,300 startups in manufacturing …

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Entrepreneurial choices of initial human capital endowments and new venture success

Rocha, Vera; Praag, Mirjam van; Folta, Timothy B.; … - 2016

founder(s). The analysis is based on matched employer-employee data and covers about 5,300 startups in manufacturing …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456733

Entrepreneurial progress : climbing the entrepreneurial ladder in Europe and the US

Zwan, Peter van der; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Adriaan R.; … - 2010 - Version: March 2010

through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …

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The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success

Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Congregado, Emilio - 2013 - Version: September 2013

Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship … of time. An implication of our novel finding is that entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be considered …

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