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Who works for whom? : worker sorting in a model of entrepreneurship with heterogeneous labor markets
Dinlersoz, Emin Murat; Hyatt, Henry R.; Janicki, Hubert P. - 2016
entrepreneurship is introduced, where individuals can choose not to work, become entrepreneurs, or work in one of the two sectors … entrepreneurship in the United States. …
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Who Works for Whom? Worker Sorting in a Model of Entrepreneurship with Heterogeneous Labor Markets
Dinlersoz, Emin; Hyatt, Henry R.; Janicki, Hubert P. - 2016
entrepreneurship is introduced, where individuals can choose not to work, become entrepreneurs, or work in one of the two sectors … entrepreneurship in the United States. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451266
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The firm size distribution across countries and skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology
Poschke, Markus - 2014
: the entrepreneurship rate and the fraction of small firms fall with per capita income across countries, while average firm … newly introduces the last three to the literature. It then proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change in …'s potential payoffs in working and in entrepreneurship. If some firms consistently benefit more from technological progress than …
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Computers as stepping stones? : technological change and equality of labor market opportunities
Arntz, Melanie; Lipowski, Cäcilia; Neidhöfer, Guido; … - 2022
This paper analyzes whether technological change improves equality of labor market opportunities by decreasing returns to parental background. We find that in Germany during the 1990s, computerization improved the access to technologyadopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents,...
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The effect of labor market conditions at entry on workers' long-term skills
Arellano-Bover, Jaime - 2020
This paper studies the impact of labor market conditions during the education-to-work transition on workers' long-term skill development. Using representative survey data on measures of work-relevant cognitive skills for adults from 19 countries, I document four main findings: i) cohorts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201324
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Offshoring and labour market inequalities
Schwörer, Tillmann - 2013
This paper estimates the effects of offshoring on labour market inequalities between skill groups based on German industry level data from 1995 to 2007. Our main findings are the following: First, offshoring is on average biased in favour of high-skilled employees and in disfavour of low-skilled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190184
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Education and entrepreneurial choice : an instrumental variables analysis
Block, Jörn; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Current version: November 2010
the likelihood that he/she starts a business.Implications for entrepreneurship research and practice are discussed. …
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Balanced skills and the city : an analysis of the relationship between entrepreneurial skill balance, thickness and innovation
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2013
businesses in this respect. -- agglomeration ; balanced skills ; entrepreneurship ; thick markets ; urban diversity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723599
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Determinants of growth and convergence in a growing economy with heterogeneous entrepreneurs
Dohse, Dirk (contributor); Ott, Ingrid (contributor) - 2008
We develop an endogenous growth model which is focussed on entrepreneurial skills and their impact on growth and convergence. Our work is closely related to the model by Acemoglu et al. (2006) but extends their analysis in some important respects. Entrepreneurs in our model dispose of two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782309
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Entrepreneurship, institutions and skills in low-income countries
Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - 2017
This paper develops a model of costly firm creation in an economy with weak institutions, costly business environment as well as skill gaps where one of the equilibrium outcomes is a low-productivity trap. The paper tests the implications of the model using a cross-sectional dataset including...
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