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Ethnic minority self-employment : poor paid employment prospects push minority workers into working for themselves, often in low-reward work
Clark, Kenneth - 2015
groups, it is important to understand the factors that underlie the nature and extent of ethnic entrepreneurship to evaluate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430234
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Born entrepreneur? : adolescents’ personality characteristics and self-employment in adulthood
Viinikainen, Jutta; Heineck, Guido; Böckerman, Petri; … - 2016
also reinforce the prior evidence on the intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441301
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Does the level of economic development and the market size of immigrants' country of birth matter for their engagement in entrepreneurial activities in the USA? Evidence from the P...
Krichevskiy, Dmitriy; Qirjo, Dhimitri; Chrysostome, … - In: Journal of small business and entrepreneurship : JSBE ; … 28 (2016) 3, pp. 223-249
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538911
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Perceived desirability, feasibility, and social norms as antecedents on hospitality students' entrepreneurial intention in Malysia : does gender make a difference?
Muhamad Nizam Saadin; Daskin, Mustafa - In: International journal of entrepreneurship and small business 25 (2015) 4, pp. 456-474
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410100
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The impact of risk aversion, role models, and the regional milieu on the transition from unemployment to self-employment : empirical evidence for Germany
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410741
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Return to education for China's return migrant entrepreneurs
Hu, Feng - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 72 (2015), pp. 296-307
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413076
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Testing Lazear's jack-of-all-trades view of entrepreneurship with German micro data
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
This paper tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413672
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Immigrants and entrepreneurship : business ownership is higher among immigrants, but promoting self-employment is unlikely to improve outcomes for less skilled immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus - 2014
successful than focusing on entrepreneurship. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420344
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Why did self-employment increase so strongly in Germany?
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander; Sorgner, Alina - In: Entrepreneurship and regional development : an … 27 (2015) 5/6, pp. 307-333
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504682
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership … been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372966