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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...
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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
We extend Lazear's theory of skills variety and entrepreneurship in three directions. First, we provide a theoretical …, but also commercial value. Our findings support the notion that entrepreneurship can be learned. …
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household income. Based on individual-level data from the KfW Start-up Monitor, a large-scale survey on entrepreneurship in …
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This paper adds to the literature of external corporate venturing, especially corporate venture capitals (CVCs) and corporate accelerators (CAs) by providing an overview of the German corporate venturing market and by offering first intriguing findings based on a novel and unique hand-collected...
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Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there has been an ambitious political goal of fostering entrepreneurial activity in that part of the country. One of the most-hoped for results of this undertaking is the anticipated...
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, entrepreneurship-related attitudes, and general personality traits of both business starters and non-starters. Estimating binary choice …
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-representation of women in entrepreneurship. The propensity of women to become self-employed has long remained at a significantly lower …
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Entrepreneurship is an important economic source for any country. However, the share of female entrepreneurs is still … findings in the (women) entrepreneurship literature, we build on social learning theory (Bandura 1973) and argue that role … models' promotion of entrepreneurship, we distinguish different types of role models. We hypothesize that different role …
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In Germany self-employment among foreigners increased significantly in recent years. We study the geographical distribution of ethnic minority self-employment in Germany and find determinants for variations in start-up activities across 440 administrative German regions. We analyze the Statistic...
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