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Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession ‘entrepreneurship’ shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …
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that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What … group'? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals' utility levels …
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We compare the returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs and employees, based on 19 waves of the NLSY database. By using instrumental variable techniques (IV) and taking account of selectivity, we find that the RTE are significantly higher for entrepreneurs than for employees (18.3 percent...
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We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
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Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes … consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is … be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes …
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spells in entrepreneurship versus wage employment, thereby accounting for selectivity into entrepreneurial positions based on …
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Entrepreneurial activity differs substantially across countries. While cultural differences have often been proposed as an explanation, measuring a country's cultural characteristics suffers from various problems. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that cultural factors influence...
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one of the most prominent determinants of entrepreneurship - education - and approximately three times larger than …
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parents of such high growth and innovation can only be academic scientists. Indeed, academic entrepreneurship in the United … dazzling example of successful scientist entrepreneurship, many other regions and universities have also had highly academic … entrepreneurship. Some of these examples are: Genentech, Google, Gatorade, Digital, Medtronic, Amgen, Biogen and Cellomics. In fact …
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