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Entrepreneurship and the business cycle
Thurik, Roy - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Entrepreneurship has a cyclical component, raising two questions. Is the entrepreneurship cycle related to the business … cycle? And is there causality? A two-way relationship between entrepreneurship and the business cycle would be in line with … the two faces of entrepreneurs: as agents of change creating upswings (opportunity entrepreneurship) and as rational …
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The Relation between Economic Development and Business Ownership revisited
Carree, Martin; van Stel, André; Thurik, Roy; … - 2007
This paper revisits the two-equation model of Carree, van Stel, Thurik and Wennekers (2002) where deviations from the ‘equilibrium’ rate of business ownership play a central role determining both the growth of business ownership and that of economic development. Two extensions of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325146
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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan
van Stel, André; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; Baljeu, … - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325508
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The Entrepreneurial Ladder and its Determinants
van der Zwan, Peter; Thurik, Roy; Grilo, Isabel - 2006
Eurobarometer survey on Entrepreneurship” covering the 25 European Union member states and the United States. The most surprising of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325547
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Entrepreneurial Progress: Climbing The Entrepreneurial Ladder in Europe and The US
van der Zwan, Peter; Verheul, Ingrid; Thurik, Roy; … - 2009
through these stages. Data are used from the 2007 “Flash Eurobarometer Survey on Entrepreneurship”, covering 27 European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325726
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Total Factor Productivity and the Role of Entrepreneurship
Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325764
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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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Determinants of Job Satisfaction across the EU-15: A Comparison of Self-Employed and Paid Employees
Millan, Jose Maria; Hessels, Jolanda; Thurik, Roy; … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325936
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Entrepreneurial Exit in Real and Imagined Markets
Stam, Erik; Thurik, Roy; van der Zwan, Peter - 2008
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 all, or to give up these entrepreneurial intentions. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325944
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Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?
Audretsch, David B.; Thurik, Roy; van Stel, André; … - 2007
This paper investigates the dynamic interrelationship between self-employment and unemployment rates. On the one hand, unemployment rates may stimulate start-up activity of self-employed. On the other hand, higher rates of self-employment may indicate increased entrepreneurial activity reducing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279542