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Product market reforms, labour market institutions and unemployment
Griffith, Rachel; Harrison, Rupert; Macartney, Gareth - 2006
We analyze the impact of product market competition on unemployment and wages, and how this depends on labour market … institutions. We use differential changes in regulations across OECD countries over the 1980s and 1990s to identify the effects of … competition. We find that increased product market competition reduces unemployment, and that it does so more in countries with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293086
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Illegal Entrepreneurship Experience
Aidis, Ruta; van Praag, Mirjam - 2004
Existing studies show a positive relationship between entrepreneurs' business performance and their conventional human capital as measured by previous business experience and formal education. In this paper, we explore whether illegal entrepreneurship experience (IEE), an unconventional form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325145
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Hohe Einkommen: Eine Verteilungsanalyse für freie Berufe, Unternehmer und abhängig Beschäftigte - Eine Mikroanalyse auf der Basis der Einkommensteuerstatistik
Merz, Joachim; Zwick, Markus - 2003
Die Verteilung gesellschaftlicher Ressourcen ist von hoher gesellschafts- wie wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Bedeutung. Was allerdings für eine fundierte Auseinandersetzung fehlt, sind zuverlässige Daten vor allem zu den hohen Einkommen. Die vorliegende Studie soll dazu beitragen, die...
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Measuring entrepreneurship in developing countries
Desai, Sameeksha - 2009
current understanding of entrepreneurship are discussed with respect to institutions and economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273406
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Out with the sleaze, in with the ease: Insufficient for entrepreneurial development?
Naudé, Wim - 2009
Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that matters for economic growth. Using panel data on 60 countries spanning the period 2003-07 this paper establishes that (i) opportunitymotivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273479
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Entrepreneurship is not a binding constraint on growth and development in the poorest countries
Naudé, Wim - 2009
entrepreneurship and development economics suggest that unpacking the black box nature of institutions may benefit from incorporating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273517
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Measuring the business environment for entrepreneurship in fragile states
Guglielmetti, Chiara - 2010
This paper aims towards better understanding the role of entrepreneurship in fragile states, which despite the practical interest and relevance has been somewhat disregarded in academic research. Given the necessity to support policy formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280212
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Entrepreneurship and Institutions
Henrekson, Magnus - 2007
direction of entrepreneurial activity. Four key institutions are explored more closely: property rights protection, savings … policies, taxation and the regulation of labor markets. Institutions have far-reaching effects on entrepreneurship, and they … entrepreneurship to the institutional setup it is maintained that in-depth analyses of specific institutions are required in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320095
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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2008
Taxation theory rarely takes entrepreneurship into consideration. We discuss how this omission affects conclusions derived from standard models of capital taxation when applied to entrepreneurial income. Some of the defining features of entrepreneurship often omitted by standard capital taxation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320176
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Productive and Destructive Entrepreneurship in a Political Economy Framework
Douhan, Robin; Henrekson, Magnus - 2008
Recent research has highlighted the role of institutions in channeling entrepreneurs into activities with positive or … reveals the bilateral causal relation between entrepreneurs and institutions. Core features of the entrepreneur force us to … view its effects on institutions as more than mechanic general equilibrium adjustments. Three analytically separate …
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