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Long-term effects of shocks on new opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship
Congregado, Emilio; Fossen, Frank M.; Rubino, Nicola; … - 2024
deterministic breaks. We also present results for the different Spanish regions and industrial sectors. We find that hysteresis is … firm formation exhibit hysteresis, such that shocks, including those induced by temporary policy interventions, have … of new opportunity and new necessity entrepreneurship for the 17 Spanish regions. To test whether exogenous shocks have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517310
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What is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research
van Praag, Mirjam - 2015
This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750339
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Unemployment benefit duration and startup success
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Murmann, Martin - 2024
Business creation is economically important, and unemployment precedes the creation of a substantial share of new firms. Yet, most research has focused on analyzing the effects of unemployment insurance policies on re-employment outcomes, ignoring self-employment. In this paper, we analyze how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048442
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes people’s occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378334
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 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/10011380037
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Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous and do family background variables make sense as instruments? : a Bayesian analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: February 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/10008826247
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur?
Praag, Mirjam van - 2009
Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes people’s occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857877
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Entrepreneurship and Role Models
Bosma, Niels - 2014
In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068323
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Education Language Choice and Youth Entrepreneurship in Chad
Mallaye, Douzounet - 2018
Using the third Chadian survey on consumption and the informal sector (ECOSIT III), this study aims to assess the relationship between education language choice and entrepreneurship in Chad. By education language choice, we mean the choice between education in Arabic and education in French....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937492
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Skill-Biased Entrepreneurial Decline
Jiang, Helu - 2019
The U.S. is undergoing a long-term decline in entrepreneurship. We show that this slow-down in entrepreneurship has been more pronounced for skilled individuals. Since 1983, the share of entrepreneurs among those with at least a college degree fell by 6 percentage points (pp) while decreasing by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860064