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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 gender gap in entrepreneurship : not just a matter of personality

Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander; … - 2014

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

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TV and entrepreneurship

Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

that, after the Reunification, entrepreneurship is higher among the residents of East German regions with West TV signal …

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TV and entrepreneurship

Slavtchev, Viktor; Wyrwich, Michael - 2017

compatible with the free-market economy principles and supportive of entrepreneurship. We show that during the 40 years of … socialistic regime in East Germany entrepreneurship was highly regulated and virtually impossible and that the prevalent formal … and informal institutions broke the traditional ties linking entrepreneurship to the characteristics of individuals so …

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The strength of a good example: How important are role models for early-stage entrepreneurs?

Schutjens, Veronique; Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; … - 2010

inhabitants are taken into account, some regions have persistently higher entrepreneurship rates than others. Proposed … effects. Regional differences in entrepreneurship have also been linked to the availability of role models (Fornahl 2003 …; Sternberg 2009; Malecki 2009). It can be argued that in regions with high rates of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial role models …

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Entrepreneurship and Role Models

Bosma, Niels; Hessels, Jolanda; Schutjens, Veronique; … - 2011

In the media role models are increasingly being acknowledged as an influential factor in explaining the reasons for the choice of occupation and career. Various conceptual studies have proposed links between role models and entrepreneurial intentions. However, empirical research aimed at...

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Serial entrepreneurship: differentiating direct from latent re-entrants

Amaral, A. Miguel; Baptista, Rui - 2007

importance of human capital in triggering serial entrepreneurship, but the kinds of experiences driving direct and latent serial …

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Entrepreneurial school dropouts : a model on signalling, education and entrepreneurship

Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik Baumgarten - 2012

I present a theory on the relationship between educational choice and entrepreneurship in a labour market with … entrepreneurship rates in the population. -- Entrepreneurship ; self-employment ; education ; ability …

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The Entrepreneur's Mode of Entry : Business Takeover or New Venture Start

Parker, Simon C. - 2006

We analyse the decision to become an entrepreneur by either taking over an established business or starting a new venture from scratch. A model is developed which predicts how several individual- and firm-specific characteristics influence entrepreneurs' entry mode. The new venture creation mode...

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The Workforce Composition of Young Firms and Product Innovation - Complementarities in the Skills of Founders and Their Early Employees

Mueller, Bettina - 2018

We investigate the extent to which complementarities between technical and business skills of founders and employees matter for the generation of market novelties by new ventures. Using data about German start-ups, we find that there are no complementarities between technical and business skills...

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