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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and do Family Background Variables make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
See also 'Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous?' in <I>Entrepreneurship Research Journal</I> (2012), 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257490
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Genome-wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship
Koellinger, Philipp; Groenen, Patrick; Thurik, Roy; van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010837513
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and do Family Background Variables make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838535
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous and do Family Background Variables make Sense as Instruments? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325824
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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Is It U-Shaped?
Wennekers, Sander; van Stel, André; Carree, Martin; … - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship 6 (2010) 3, pp. 167-237
independent entrepreneurship, also known as self-employment or business ownership, and economic development. We argue that the … reemergence of independent entrepreneurship is based on at least two 'revolutions'. If we distinguish between solo self …-employed at the lower end of the entrepreneurship spectrum, and ambitious and/or innovative entrepreneurs at the upper end, many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990894
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Are Education and Entrepreneurial Income Endogenous? A Bayesian Analysis
Block, Jorn H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart F.; Thurik, Roy - 2014
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 instru-mental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014196996
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Genome-Wide Association Studies and the Genetics of Entrepreneurship
van der Loos, Matthijs J. H. M. - 2011
We are currently investigating genetic influences on self-employment in an international research consortium using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). By meta-analysing results from numerous independent samples we address identification issues arising from multiple testing. To our knowledge,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013133990
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Business Takeover or New Venture? Individual and Environmental Determinants from a Cross-Country Study
Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy; van der Zwan, van der … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010
about the preferred mode of entry into entrepreneurship, such as taking over an existing business or starting a new venture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010731128
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How Does Firm Survival Differ between Business Takeovers and New Venture Start-ups?
Xi, Guoqian; Block, Jörn; Lasch, Frank; Robert, Frank; … - 2017
Focusing on entrepreneurship entry modes, we investigate two research questions regarding firm survival: how does the … groups, highlighting the distinction between the two forms of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787005
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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups
Bosma, Niels; Praag, Mirjam van; Thurik, Roy; Wit, Gerrit de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257158