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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

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

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

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

Explaining female and male entrepreneurship at the country level

Verheul, Ingrid; van Stel, André; Thurik, Roy - 2005

measures of female entrepreneurship: the number of female entrepreneurs and the share of women in the total number of … entrepreneurs. The first measure is used to investigate whether variables have an impact on entrepreneurship in general (influencing … of female entrepreneurs or the gender composition of entrepreneurship) to be able to select appropriate policy measures. …

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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

The Lag Structure of the Impact of Business Ownership on Economic Performance in OECD Countries

Carree, Martin; Thurik, Roy - 2006

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279548

The Contribution of Business Ownership in Bringing Down Unemployment in Japan

van Stel, André; Baljeu, Lendert; Thurik, Roy; … - 2008

The relationship between entrepreneurship, measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate, and unemployment in … different exogenous shocks as compared to other OECD countries, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not distinct …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279549

Total factor productivity and the role of entrepreneurship

Erken, Hugo; Donselaar, Piet; Thurik, Roy - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008

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/10005864502

The Relationship between Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in Japan

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid; … - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2006

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when compared to other …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864968