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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs’ incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math...
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Comparing the returns to education for entrepreneurs and employees
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - 2004
The returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs, unlike for employees, have not yet been estimated by methods coping with the potential endogeneity problem. We estimate the RTE for entrepreneurs and employees while testing for and coping with this problem. Our results derived from a large US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453208
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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
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
) constraints faced by entrepreneurs when optimizing the profitable employment of their education. Entrepreneurs have more personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379475
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If you are so smart, why arent́ you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796310
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
) constraints faced by entrepreneurs when optimizing the profitable employment of their education. Entrepreneurs have more personal …-employment ; returns to education ; performance ; personal control ; locus of control ; human capital ; wages ; incomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926421
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Returns for entrepreneurs versus employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vis-à-vis wage employees
Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003913183
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin Van Der - In: Journal of economics & management strategy : JEMS 19 (2010) 4, pp. 947-989
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Why are the returns to education higher for entrepreneurs than for employees?
Sluis, Justin van der (contributor);  … - 2007
We compare the returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs and employees, based on 19 waves of the NLSY database. By using instrumental variable techniques (IV) and taking account of selectivity, we find that the RTE are significantly higher for entrepreneurs than for employees (18.3 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561625
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Comparing the returns to education for entrepreneurs and employees
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002256747
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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur? : returns to cognitive and social ability ; entrepreneurs versus employees
Hartog, Joop (contributor); Praag, Mirjam van (contributor);  … - 2008
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs' incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math ability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003750288