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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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Non-cognitive skills, occupational choices, and entrepreneurship : an empirical analysis of entrepreneurs' career choices
Sorgner, Alina - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and small business 25 (2015) 2, pp. 208-230
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011398835
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The effect of new firm formation on regional development over time
Fritsch, Michael; Mueller, Pamela - 2004
In our analysis of the impact of new firm formation on regional employment change we identified considerable time lags. We investigated the structure and extent of these time lags by applying the Almon lag model and found that new firms can have both a positive and a negative effect on regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513686
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Determinants of entrepreneurial engagement levels in Europe and the US
Grilo, Isabel (contributor); Thurik, Adriaan R. (contributor) - 2007 - This version: October 2008
covariates to differ across the various entrepreneurial engagement levels. Data from two Entrepreneurship Flash Eurobarometer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280360
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Entrepreneurship in the EU : to wish and not to be
Grilo, Isabel (contributor);  … - 2005
: latent and actual entrepreneurship. Latent entrepreneurship is measured by the probability of a declared preference for self … perception of lack of available financial support in the latent entrepreneurship equation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280374
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Entrepreneurship capital : determinants and impact on regional economic performance
Audretsch, David B. (contributor);  … - 2004
characteristic but it is also uncertain. In that perspective, the role of entrepreneurship is to take on the corresponding risk by … on both variables, entrepreneurship and economic performance, simultaneously. We find significant impact of … entrepreneurship capital on economic output. On the other hand, spatially specific entrepreneurship capital is shaped by regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280375
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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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Initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial venture performance
Praag, Mirjam van; Wit, Gerrit de; Bosma, Niels - 2004
This article investigates empirically whether and to what extent initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial performance once the venture has been started. Prior empirical research in this area could investigate this issue only indirectly by lack of data. The key contribution of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333876
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Entering and leaving self-employment : a panel data analysis for 12 developing countries
Cho, Yoonyoung; Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose M. - 2015
This paper examines the determinants of labor market transitions into and out of self-employment (own-account work and employer), using panel data from 12 developing countries in multiple regions. Despite cross-country heterogeneity, a few consistent patterns emerge. Entering the labor market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346629
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A time-series analysis of US entrepreneurship : evidence from fractional integration
Gil-Alaña, Luis A.; Payne, James E. - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 7/9, pp. 521-524
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528813