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Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …
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This note investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure. The analysis is performed at the country level for 21...
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Entrepreneurs exit their business due to selection mechanisms experienced in the market place. Next to this well known … ex-post decision to exit, entrepreneurs select ex-ante whether they are willing to pursue an entrepreneurial career at … determinants of these two types of selection: exit in real and in imagined markets. Entrepreneurs in imagined markets are more …
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models based on the established literature. Traditionally, entrepreneurship is not dealt with in these models. In the present … paper it is shown that – when this variable is added - in all models there is a significant influence of entrepreneurship … while the remaining effects mainly stay the same. Entrepreneurship is measured as the business ownership rate (number of …
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through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European … process. Our analysis suggests that country differences can be explained by the level of economic development and risk …
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covariates to differ across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer …
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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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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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This paper investigates time allocation decisions in new ventures of female and male entrepreneurs using a new model … of working hours. Using data of 1203 entrepreneurs we find that the preference for work time in new ventures is related …
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. -- entrepreneurship ; small firms ; economic growth ; economic development ; policy …Entrepreneurship has emerged as an important element in the organization of economies. This emergence did not occur … countries embrace entrepreneurial energy. This led to the political mandate to promote entrepreneurship. Hence, a clear and …
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