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Business survival and success of young small business owners

Praag, Mirjam van - 2003

Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...

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Erwerbsbiografische Einflüsse auf das Gründungsverhalten von Frauen

Kay, Rosemarie; Schneck, Stefan; Suprinovič, Olga - 2014

Trotz eines stetigen Anstiegs der Anzahl von selbstständigen Frauen in Deutschland hat sich der sogenannte Gender-Gap kaum verringert. Die vorlie-gende Studie untersucht auf Basis des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS), ob bzw. inwieweit familienbedingte Erwerbsunterbrechungen, die aus...

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Erwerbsbiografische Einflüsse auf das Gründungsverhalten von Frauen

Kay, Rosemarie; Schneck, Stefan; Suprinovič, Olga - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2014

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Erwerbsbiografische Einflüsse auf das Gründungsverhalten von Frauen

Kay, Rosemarie; Schneck, Stefan; Suprinovič, Olga - 2014

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Non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa : patterns and determinants

Nagler, Paula; Naudé, Wim - 2014

We are the first to provide a comparative empirical analysis of non-farm entrepreneurship in rural Africa, using the … variables show consistency across the sample, we also find much heterogeneity, suggesting that rural entrepreneurship is also a … identified as a priority for African countries, rural entrepreneurship continues to fulfill mainly a risk-diversifying role. This …

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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...

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The rise of female entrepreneurs : new evidence on gender differences in liquidity constraints

Sauer, Robert M.; Wilson, Tanya - 2015

Small business activity and female entrepreneurship have become increasingly important features of the UK economy since … further accelerate the rise of female entrepreneurship. …

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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. …

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Entrepreneurship selection and performance

Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, … - 2004

This meta-analytical review of empirical studies of the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and … entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …

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Schooling, capital constraints and entrepreneurial performance

Parker, Simon C.; Praag, Mirjam van - 2005

We estimate the impact of schooling and capital constraints at the time of startup on the performance of Dutch entrepreneurial ventures, taking into account the potential endogeneity and interdependence of these variables. Instrumental variable estimates indicate that a 1 percentage point...

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