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Migrant entrepreneurs and credit constraints under labour market discrimination
Frijters, Paul; Kong, Tao; Meng, Xin - 2011
We use a unique data of representative migrants and urban local workers in 15 Chinese cities to investigate … entrepreneurship and credit constraints under labour market discrimination. We divide self employed into prefer to be self-employed and … prefer to have a salaried job but cannot find one; and divide salaried workers into want-to-be entrepreneurs and happy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286270
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Human and social capital as drivers of entrepreneurship
Madriz, Carolina; Leiva, Juan Carlos; Henn, Ralph - In: Small Business International Review (SBIR) 2 (2018) 1, pp. 29-42
The objective of this study is to determine whether human and social capital are drivers of entrepreneurship. The … correlations of variables. It is focused on information from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor database for 2012 from Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012286548
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Entrepreneurship, wage employment and control in an occupational choice framework
Douhan, Robin; van Praag, C. Mirjam - 2009
entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second … observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that … for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277016
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How immigration may affect US native entrepreneurship: Theoretical building blocks and preliminary results
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Jaeger, David A.; Regets, Mark - 2012
impact of immigration on entrepreneurial activity. Immigrants, we hypothesize, facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by … immigrants (even if they are not self-employed) may prove to be areas in which entrepreneurship and innovation are easier to … accomplish. Our theory offers a unique perspective on the contributions of immigrants to economic development beyond traditional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283971
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; van Praag, Mirjam - 2009
entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second … observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that … for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320274
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; van Praag, Mirjam - 2009
entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second … observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to human capital than employees. We present an intuitive model showing that … for higher returns to human capital for entrepreneurs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325787
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A constitutional theory of the family
Cigno, Alessandro - 2005
The paper re-examines the idea that a family can be viewed as a community governed by a self-enforcing constitution, and extends existing results in two directions. First, it identifies circumstances in which a constitution is renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267482
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Personal Bankruptcy Law, Wealth and Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence from the Introduction of a "Fresh Start"
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential. - entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth … entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601000
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Personal bankruptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship: Theory and evidence from the introduction of a fresh start
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth, but … entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274553
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Personal bankcuptcy law, wealth and entrepreneurship - Theory and evidence from the introduction of a 'fresh start'
Fossen, Frank M. - 2011
, lenders may charge higher interest rates or ration credit supply, which can hamper entrepreneurship. Both aspects of a more … forgiving personal bankruptcy law are less relevant for wealthy potential entrepreneurs who still risk losing their wealth, but … entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304694